An Unusual Cause of Cholecystitis

Gastroenterology. 2020 Dec;159(6):e12-e13. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.04.040. Epub 2020 Apr 24.
No abstract available

Keywords: Abdominal pain; Cholecystitis; Foreign body penetration; Murphy's sign; Toothpick.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
  • Cholecystitis / diagnosis*
  • Cholecystitis / immunology
  • Cholecystitis / pathology
  • Cholecystitis / surgery
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / diagnosis*
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / immunology
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / pathology
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / surgery
  • Gallbladder / diagnostic imaging
  • Gallbladder / pathology
  • Gallbladder / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wood / adverse effects*