Gallbladder torsion presenting as chest pain

While acute torsion of the gallbladder is an uncommon pathology, as this case demonstrates, it can present with sudden onset of chest pain, and must be borne in mind as a differential diagnosis in this patient demographic if early recognition and definitive management are to be made possible.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2010-04, Vol.92 (3), p.W25-e26
Hauptverfasser:	Ferguson, Henry John Murray, Bhalerao, Satish
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Aged, 80 and over Chest Pain - etiology Diagnosis, Differential Female Gallbladder Gallbladder Diseases - complications Gallbladder Diseases - diagnosis Humans On-line Case Report Torsion Abnormality - complications Torsion Abnormality - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:	While acute torsion of the gallbladder is an uncommon pathology, as this case demonstrates, it can present with sudden onset of chest pain, and must be borne in mind as a differential diagnosis in this patient demographic if early recognition and definitive management are to be made possible.
ISSN:	0035-8843 1478-7083
DOI:	10.1308/147870810X12659688851357