COVID-19 can mimic acute cholecystitis and is associated with the presence of viral RNA in the gallbladder wall

J Hepatol. 2020 Dec;73(6):1566-1568. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.08.020. Epub 2020 Sep 2.

Authors

Alexandre Balaphas¹, Kyriaki Gkoufa², Jeremy Meyer³, Andrea Peloso³, Aurélie Bornand⁴, Thomas A McKee⁴, Christian Toso³, Sotirios-Georgios Popeskou³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: alexandre.balaphas@hcuge.ch.
² Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nutrition and Patient Education, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Immunology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: 2019-SARS-CoV2; Cholecystitis; Coronavirus; Covid-19; SARS.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
COVID-19* / diagnosis
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / physiopathology
COVID-19* / therapy
Cholecystectomy / methods
Cholecystitis, Acute* / blood
Cholecystitis, Acute* / physiopathology
Cholecystitis, Acute* / therapy
Cholecystitis, Acute* / virology
Clinical Deterioration
Comorbidity
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Female
Gallbladder* / diagnostic imaging
Gallbladder* / surgery
Gallbladder* / virology
Humans
Liver Function Tests / methods
Male
Noncommunicable Diseases / epidemiology
Patient Care Management / methods
RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*
Ultrasonography / methods

Substances

RNA, Viral