Case report details diagnosis and management of gangrenous cholecystitis in a 60-year-old female, highlighting clinical implications.
Acute Gangrenous cholecystitis (GC) is a rare but serious complication of acute cholecystitis. Gangrenous cholecystitis is defined as necrosis and perforation of the gallbladder wall as a result of ischemia following progressive vascular insufficiency1,2 . We present a case of 60 year old female patient with acute gangrenous cholecystitis due to impacted stone at gall bladder neck presenting with complaint of right upper abdominal pain. Her diagnosis was made by Ultrasonography followed by contrast enhanced CT of whole abdomen. Patient was managed by Open Cholecystectomy
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