Question 135 · LEK · Surgery of the bile ducts and gallbladder
Indicate the false statement concerning acute cholecystitis:
- A. it’s usually related to cholelithiasis.
- B. examination of choice is computed tomography.
- C. differential diagnostics should include right-side pneumonia and pleurisy among others.
- D. its complications include an empyema of the gallbladder and emphysematous cholecystitis.
- E. acute acalculous cholecystitis may be caused by several infectious agents including Cytomegalovirus, Pneumocystis jiroveci and Isospora belli.
Hint
Recall which cheap, bedside, radiation-free imaging test is the first choice when gallbladder inflammation is suspected.
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