Hepatitis C virus-associated acalculous cholecystitis and review of the literature
Date:
03/15/2020
Citation:
Wright WF, Palisoc K, Pinto CN, Lease JA, Baghli S. Hepatitis C Virus-Associated Acalculous Cholecystitis and Review of the Literature. Clin Med Res. 2020 Mar;18(1):33-36. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2019.1499. Epub 2019 Sep 11. PMID: 31511241; PMCID: PMC7153799.
Abstract
Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is an infrequently encountered clinical condition associated with high morbidity and mortality. Viral infection associated AAC is rare, but it is most commonly associated with Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, dengue virus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency virus, disseminated visceral varicella-zoster virus infection, Zika virus, and hepatitis C. We report on a patient who was first diagnosed with a chronic hepatic C infection and subsequently with acalculous cholecystitis.