Disease or Syndrome
acalculous cholecystitis
Subclass of:
Cholecystitis
Definitions related to acalculous cholecystitis:
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Inflammation of the gallbladder in the absence of gallstones.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Inflammation of the GALLBLADDER wall in the absence of GALLSTONES.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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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.WebMD, 2019
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