A case report of Acalculous gall bladder perforation with huge abdominal cyst
Authors: Ahmed Siddique Ammar, Zahra Sattar, Syed Asghar Naqi
Background: Gall bladder perforation presents in various forms with the most common being peritonitis. The most common causes include gall stones obstructing the cystic duct and necrosis of gall bladder due to ischemia. Case Presentation: A 19-year-old female presented to the emergency department of East Surgical Ward of Mayo Hospital Lahore, Pakistan, with a history of abdominal distension for 4 months for which she was counseled because of pregnancy. She gave birth to healthy baby 1 month prior, but abdominal distension did not resolve. On examination, she had a distended and tender abdomen with visible striae. She was tachycardiac with a pulse rate of 124 per minute and blood pressure of 110/80 mmHg. Fluid cytology showed negative for malignant cells and total leukocyte count of 17 × 109 /l. Abdominal ultrasound showed a huge thick-walled cystic area with internal echoes measuring 31 × 19 × 19 cm with total amount of fluid volume in the cyst was approximately 5 l arising from the right hypochondrium. On opening the abdomen, a huge cyst was encountered extending from the epigastrium to the pelvis with dense adhesions. The cyst was opened and fluid aspirated. Communication between cyst was found with gall bladder in the epigastrium. The cyst wall was excised partially, and cholecystectomy carried out. The patient was discharged on 5th post-operative day. Conclusion: The development of thick-walled huge cyst within abdominal cavity after gall bladder perforation is a rare entity, especially when the patient had gone through full-term pregnancy with the presence of the cyst.
Keywords: Case report, gall bladder, perforation, cyst, pregnancy, fistula.
Authors
Correspondence to:
Ahmed Siddique Ammar, Senior Registrar, General Surgery, East Surgical Ward, Mayo Hospital Lahore, Pakistan asammar1912@gmail.com
Publication history:
Received 29 Oct 2020
Revised 16 Dec 2020
Accepted 01 Feb 2021
Published in print 31 Mar 2021
Ammar AS, Sattar Z, Naqi SA. A case report of Acalculous gall bladder perforation with huge abdominal cyst. EJMCR. 2021; 5(3): 89-92. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1603960035
Ammar AS, Sattar Z, Naqi SA. A case report of Acalculous gall bladder perforation with huge abdominal cyst. https://www.ejmcr.com/?mno=22966 [Access: April 25, 2024]. doi:
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Ammar AS, Sattar Z, Naqi SA. A case report of Acalculous gall bladder perforation with huge abdominal cyst. EJMCR. 2021; 5(3): 89-92. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1603960035
Ammar AS, Sattar Z, Naqi SA. A case report of Acalculous gall bladder perforation with huge abdominal cyst. EJMCR. (2021), [cited April 25, 2024]; 5(3): 89-92. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1603960035
Ammar, A. S., Sattar, . Z. & Naqi, . S. A. (2021) A case report of Acalculous gall bladder perforation with huge abdominal cyst. EJMCR, 5 (3), 89-92. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1603960035
Ammar, Ahmed Siddique, Zahra Sattar, and Syed Asghar Naqi. 2021. A case report of Acalculous gall bladder perforation with huge abdominal cyst. European Journal of Medical Case Reports, 5 (3), 89-92. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1603960035
Ammar, Ahmed Siddique, Zahra Sattar, and Syed Asghar Naqi. "A case report of Acalculous gall bladder perforation with huge abdominal cyst." European Journal of Medical Case Reports 5 (2021), 89-92. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1603960035
Ammar, Ahmed Siddique, Zahra Sattar, and Syed Asghar Naqi. "A case report of Acalculous gall bladder perforation with huge abdominal cyst." European Journal of Medical Case Reports 5.3 (2021), 89-92. Print. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1603960035
Ammar, A. S., Sattar, . Z. & Naqi, . S. A. (2021) A case report of Acalculous gall bladder perforation with huge abdominal cyst. European Journal of Medical Case Reports, 5 (3), 89-92. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1603960035