A case report of typhoidal acute acalculous cholecystitis.

[typhoid]

Introduction . Acalculous cholecystitis in the setting of typhoid fever in adults is an infrequent clinical encounter , reported sparsely in the literature . In this case report we review the presentation and management of enteric fever involving the biliary system and consider the literature surrounding this topic . The aim of this case report is to alert clinicians to the potential diagnosis of extraintestinal complications in the setting of typhoid fever in the returned traveller , requiring surgical intervention . Presentation of Case . We report the case of a 23 -year -old woman with acalculous cholecystitis secondary to Salmonella Typhi . Discussion . There is scarce evidence surrounding the optimal treatment and prognosis of typhoidal acalculous cholecystitis . In the current case , surgical invention was favoured due to failure of medical management . Conclusion . Clinical judgement dictated surgical intervention in this case of typhoidal acute acalculous cholecystitis , and cholecystectomy was safely performed .

Diseases
Validation

Diseases presenting "fever" symptom

22q11.2 deletion syndrome

acute rheumatic fever

alexander disease

allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

canavan disease

carcinoma of the gallbladder

child syndrome

congenital toxoplasmosis

cushing syndrome

cystinuria

dracunculiasis

erdheim-chester disease

esophageal adenocarcinoma

esophageal carcinoma

familial mediterranean fever

focal myositis

hodgkin lymphoma, classical

lamellar ichthyosis

legionellosis

locked-in syndrome

malignant atrophic papulosis

neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy

neuralgic amyotrophy

oculocutaneous albinism

papillon-lefèvre syndrome

pyomyositis

pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency

scrub typhus

severe combined immunodeficiency

sneddon syndrome

systemic capillary leak syndrome

triple a syndrome

typhoid

waldenström macroglobulinemia

wolf-hirschhorn syndrome

This symptom has already been validated