Acalculous Cholecystitis

12/01/1982 - "Because the efficacy of cholecystokinin cholecystography in the detection of chronic acalculous cholecystitis remains in doubt, the procedure is rarely used in clinical practice. "
02/01/2009 - "Fatty meal cholescintigraphy (fatty meal CS) is a potential physiologic alternative for cholecystokinin (CCK) CS in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC). "
08/01/2003 - "Chronic acalculous cholecystitis previously has been diagnosed by hepatobiliary scan stimulated with intravenous octapeptide of cholecystokinin. "
04/01/2003 - "The use of a 30-minute infusion of cholecystokinin at a dose of 0.02 microg/kg to calculate the gallbladder ejection fraction during cholescintigraphy is an accurate test to preoperatively predict acalculous cholecystitis and postoperative relief of biliary symptoms. "
04/01/2003 - "The use of cholecystokinin stimulation during cholescintigraphy to calculate the gallbladder ejection fraction has been associated with variable clinical results as a preoperative indicator for chronic acalculous cholecystitis and postoperative relief of biliary symptoms. "

08/01/1985 - "Ultrasonography followed by HIDA and PIPIDA scans may be very useful in diagnosing acute acalculous cholecystitis, which appears to be an increasingly frequent problem in these patients. "
12/01/2006 - "Hepatobiliary iminodiacetic scan with ejection fraction (HIDA EF) is used to evaluate chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC). "
12/01/2006 - "HIDA scan ejection fraction does not predict sphincter of Oddi hypertension or clinical outcome in patients with suspected chronic acalculous cholecystitis."
04/01/1998 - "In 23 patients, the CD4 count was < 200; the gallbladder was visualized in 5 patients for a HIDA sensitivity of 78%; 16 (52%) had acalculous cholecystitis; and 15 had calculous cholecystitis. "

05/01/1999 - "[The efficacy of treatment by drinking sodium-potassium chloride mineral water in patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis and biliary dyskinesia]."

05/01/1999 - "[The efficacy of treatment by drinking sodium-potassium chloride mineral water in patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis and biliary dyskinesia]."

01/01/2005 - "Corn oil emulsion: a simple cholecystagogue for diagnosis of chronic acalculous cholecystitis."
08/01/2003 - "Stimulation with fatty meal (Lipomul) to assess gallbladder emptying in children with chronic acalculous cholecystitis."
08/01/2003 - "The goal of this study was to describe the characteristics of children with chronic acalculous cholecystitis diagnosed by hepatobiliary scintigraphy with oral Lipomul challenge, and to evaluate their clinical response to cholecystectomy. "
01/01/2005 - "This study investigated the use of a corn oil emulsion as an inexpensive alternative to sincalide in the scintigraphic diagnosis of chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC). "

01/01/2015 - "In the multivariable analysis, age (OR: 0.94, 95% CI: 0.90-0.99, P = 0.01) and total serum cholesterol (OR: 1.02, 95% CI: 1.01-1.04, P = 0.04) were related to steatocholecystitis in patients with acalculous cholecystitis. "
03/01/1996 - "In a personal series of 484 cases, cholesterol stones formed 46% of the cases, black pigment stones 30.5% and brown stones 13%; and cholesterosis and acalculous cholecystitis constituted the remaining 10.5%. "
03/01/1996 - "Cholesterol embolisation causing chronic acalculous cholecystitis."
07/01/1983 - "In bile of patients with acalculous cholecystitis the dendrite mechanism of cholesterol crystallization was found."
05/01/1986 - "We conclude that poor gallbladder contractility, well-established as an etiologic factor in animal models of cholesterol cholelithiasis, is now linked to acalculous cholecystitis, an early stage of human cholesterol cholelithiasis."

06/01/2007 - "Sincalide, in conjunction with cholescintigraphy, is necessary for the diagnosis of chronic acalculous cholecystitis. "
05/01/2002 - "CCK-8 contractions were decreased by 54% and EFS-stimulated contractions were decreased by 50% in the presence of chronic acalculous cholecystitis (P < 0.05 vs. controls). "
06/01/1992 - "Second, sincalide-stimulated cholescintigraphy with calculation of a gallbladder ejection fraction has proven to be a useful test for confirming the clinical diagnosis of chronic acalculous cholecystitis. "
01/01/1996 - "When the gallbladder is observed in a clinical setting of biliary pain or chronic calculous or acalculous cholecystitis, CCK-8 at a dose rate of 3.3 ng/kg/min is infused intravenously for 3 mins (10 ng/kg/3 min) for the measurement of the ejection fraction. "
01/01/2005 - "This study investigated the use of a corn oil emulsion as an inexpensive alternative to sincalide in the scintigraphic diagnosis of chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC). "

01/01/2013 - "At discharge, 43.08% of patients were operated on because of at least one previous episode of biliary colic before the one at admission; 14.08% of patients presented with acute lithiasic cholecystitis; 14.68% were operated on because of an increase in bilirubin level; 1.56% were operated on because of a previous episode of jaundice with normal bilirubin at admission; 0.72% had gallbladder adenomas, 0.72% had cholangitis, 0.36% had biliodigestive fistula and one patient (0.12%) had acalculous cholecystitis. "
01/01/1984 - "Role of cholesterol and calcium bilirubinate crystals in acute postoperative acalculous cholecystitis."
08/01/1994 - "Over one third of the patients with acute acalculous cholecystitis had an elevated bilirubin level with a normal common bile duct or an elevated amylase level without pancreatitis. "
01/01/2002 - "A crystal optical study of the cystic bile under the conditions of compulsory dehydration in patients with acalculous cholecystitis made it possible to determine selective markers of lithogenic dyscholia according to the bile oversaturation with cholesterol, bilirubin and calcium. "
04/01/2000 - "These findings were correlated with clinical and laboratory parameters that are associated with acalculous cholecystitis: fever, WBC, liver function tests, levels of serum bilirubin, mechanical ventilation status, and administration of parenteral nutrition, narcotic analgesics, antibiotics, and pressor agents. "

10/01/2003 - "Previous studies of gallbladder pathology in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) have suggested that a distinctive histologic triad ("diffuse lymphoplasmacytic acalculous cholecystitis," composed of diffuse, mucosal-based, dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates) is commonly present in gallbladders of patients with PSC and is relatively specific for that disease. "
05/01/1998 - "Diffuse lymphoplasmacytic acalculous cholecystitis: a distinctive form of chronic cholecystitis associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis."
07/01/2008 - "The spectrum of MRI and MRCP findings in HIV-infected patients includes acute or chronic hepatitis (or both), pancreatitis, cholangitis, acalculous cholecystitis, and biliary strictures that may resemble primary sclerosing cholangitis. "
01/01/2007 - "Unusual cases of acute cholecystitis and cholangitis include (1) pediatric biliary tract infections, (2) geriatric biliary tract infections, (3) acalculous cholecystitis, (4) acute and intrahepatic cholangitis accompanying hepatolithiasis (5) acute biliary tract infection accompanying malignant pancreatic-biliary tumor, (6) postoperative biliary tract infection, (7) acute biliary tract infection accompanying congenital biliary dilatation and pancreaticobiliary maljunction, and (8) primary sclerosing cholangitis. "

01/01/1980 - "Acute, acalculous cholecystitis is seen among patients suffering with bacterial sepsis, burns, trauma, or cancer; clinical conditions that could lead to activation of factor XII-dependent pathways and result in inflammation of the gall bladder. "
12/01/1982 - "The purpose of this communication is to report that inhalation of the water-soluble, nondialyzable constituents of cigarette smoke condensate, or "tar," can activate Hageman-factor-dependent pathways in the dog and induce acute acalculous cholecystitis, pneumonitis, and the formation of thrombi in branches of pulmonary vessels."
12/01/1982 - "In previous studies in this laboratory it was demonstrated that 1) constituents of the water-soluble phase of cigarette smoke condensate can activate Hageman-factor-dependent pathways of coagulation, fibrinolysis, and kinin generation; and 2) that in vivo activation of Hageman-factor-dependent pathways by intravenous injection of plant polyphenols in dogs and AFrican Green monkeys can induce acute acalculous cholecystitis and alveolitis. "

03/31/2009 - "Once diagnosed, the best choice of treatment for acalculous cholecystitis is cholecystectomy in an otherwise clinically stable patient."
10/01/1986 - "For chronic acalculous cholecystitis, more than one study must be performed in order to make the correct diagnosis and to predict good results from cholecystectomy."
07/01/1984 - "Acalculous cholecystitis is a true organic problem which, if diagnosed accurately, can be effectively treated with cholecystectomy."
02/01/1977 - "There is a definite clinical entity of chronic acalculous cholecystitis that can be cured by cholecystectomy. "
08/01/2003 - "The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for the development of acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) and useful criteria to facilitate the decision to perform cholecystectomy. "

12/01/2015 - "An observational study of 56 consecutive patients treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute acalculous cholecystitis was conducted in the period from 1 June 2002 to 31 May 2012. "
12/01/2015 - "We conducted a retrospective analysis of acute acalculous cholecystitis patients treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy during a 10-year study period. "
12/01/2015 - "Percutaneous cholecystostomy is successful as a definitive treatment option in the majority of patients with acute acalculous cholecystitis. "
12/01/2015 - "A total of 56 consecutive patients were treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute acalculous cholecystitis. "
12/01/2015 - "Percutaneous Cholecystostomy is an Effective Definitive Treatment Option for Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis."

02/01/1998 - "Our goal was to determine whether laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe and effective means of treatment for patients with acalculous cholecystitis. "
12/01/2013 - "Laparoscopic cholecystectomy using three ports was performed under the impression of an acalculous cholecystitis. "
01/01/2013 - "Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and further histological analysis confirmed acalculous cholecystitis in a Phrygian cap gallbladder. "
09/01/2007 - "Every patient with either a thin or thick gallbladder wall with acalculous cholecystitis had a successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy. "
12/01/2004 - "The patient underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acalculous cholecystitis in September 1996. "

10/01/1999 - "Thirty-two intensive care unit patients (78% on long-term total parenteral nutrition) suspected of having acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) were studied prospectively. "
07/01/1999 - "Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a patient on total parenteral nutrition: case report and review of the Japanese literature."
03/01/1992 - "Percutaneous gallbladder drainage for acute acalculous cholecystitis during total parenteral nutrition."
12/01/1979 - "In a 5 year period, eight patients in whom acute acalculous cholecystitis developed during intravenous hyperalimentation are reviewed with emphasis on factors contributing to pathogenesis. "
07/01/1972 - "Acalculous cholecystitis--a possible complication of parenteral hyperalimentation: report of a case."

01/01/2006 - "The best results according to clinical and instrumental data were achieved in group III. Thus, the study demonstrates advantages provided by laser therapy in complex treatment of exacerbation of chronic acalculous cholecystitis"
01/01/2006 - "[Laser therapy in complex treatment of chronic acalculous cholecystitis]."