DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.73812 ISSN: 2050-0904

Rapid Progression of Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis to Gangrenous Cholecystitis in an Initially Non‐Critically Ill Patient: A Case Report

Rami Y. Adam, Sami J. Eldein, Mahmoud M. Mahmoud, Mohamed S. M. Elshikhawoda, Omer Musa, Faris Abdon

ABSTRACT

Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is not confined to the critically ill and may behave like calculous disease. A 65‐year‐old hypertensive man with localized, stone‐free cholecystitis deteriorated on hospital Day 4 with peritonism, acidosis, and acute kidney injury. Emergency open cholecystectomy confirmed gangrene; deterioration warrants urgent source control.

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