Acute cholecystitis after a colonoscopy

Acute cholecystitis after a colonoscopy is a rare event, and only eight documented cases are reported in the literature. A 35-year-old male underwent a screening colonoscopy. There was a 5-mm sessile polyp in the sigmoid colon, which was removed by using a hot snare polypectomy. Forty-eight hours af...

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Published inAnnals of coloproctology Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 213 - 215
Main Authors Park, Tae Ik, Lee, Sang Yong, Lee, Jun Hee, Kim, Min Cheol, Kim, Bong Gap, Cha, Dong Hyuk
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Korea (South) The Korean Society of Coloproctology 01.10.2013
대한대장항문학회
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Case Report
일반외과학
Complications
Acute cholecystitis
Colonoscopy
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Summary:Acute cholecystitis after a colonoscopy is a rare event, and only eight documented cases are reported in the literature. A 35-year-old male underwent a screening colonoscopy. There was a 5-mm sessile polyp in the sigmoid colon, which was removed by using a hot snare polypectomy. Forty-eight hours after the colonoscopy, the patient visited our emergency department with epigastric pain and fever. Based on the clinical findings, laboratory data and radiologic imaging, our diagnosis was acute cholecystitis. Because no previous cases of this type have been reported to date in Korea, we publish the details of our patients who presented with a postcolonoscopy complication diagnosed as acute cholecystitis.
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G704-001375.2013.29.5.005
ISSN:2287-9714
2287-9722
DOI:10.3393/ac.2013.29.5.213