Acalculous Cholecystopathy: eMedicine Gastroenterology

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Acalculous Cholecystopathy: eMedicine Gastroenterology

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Overview: The hallmark of acalculous cholecystopathy, frequently called biliary dyskinesia, is recurrent right upper quadrant pain in the absence of gallstones. Acalculous cholecystitis refers to cholecystitis without gallstones. Patients frequently undergo extensive, often invasive and expensive, testing ...

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Tags: Gastroenterology, Gallstone, Pain

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Most Recently Shared on May 10, 2010 at 6:05 pm By:

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Upper right quandrant pain in the absence of gallstones may be called biliary dyskinesia or acalculous cholecystopathy. http://bit.ly/drjMB3

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Acalculous Cholecystitis: eMedicine Gastroenterology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Acalculous cholecystitis is a severe illness that is a complication of various other medical or surgical conditions. Duncan first recognized it in 1844 when a fatal case of acalculous cholecystitis complicating an incarcerated hernia was reported. ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Acalculous cholecystitis is a severe illness that is a complication of various other medical or surgical conditions. http://bit.ly/cSMhw9

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