All that Glitters is not Cholecystitis. A Rare Presentation of Acute Pericarditis Mimicking Cholecystitis and Review of the Literature
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Anna Garmpi
First Department of Propedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Christos Damaskos
Renal Transplantation Unit, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece; N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Garmpis
Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Vasiliki Epameinondas Georgakopoulou
Laiko General Hospital, Greece
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Vaios Vasileios Kaminiotis
Cardiothoracic Department, Derriford Hospital, University Hospitals Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Evangelos Diamantis
Academic Department of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology Unit, Agioi Anargyroi General Oncology Hospital of Kifisia, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Alexandros Patsouras
Second Department of Pulmonology, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece
Athanasios Syllaios
First Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Dimitrios Dimitroulis
Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Published 2022-07-25
https://doi.org/10.15388/Amed.2022.29.2.8
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Keywords

pericarditis
pericardial effusion
heart failure
gallbladder edema
acalculous cholecystitis

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Garmpi A, Damaskos C, Garmpis N, Georgakopoulou VE, Kaminiotis VV, Diamantis E, et al. All that Glitters is not Cholecystitis. A Rare Presentation of Acute Pericarditis Mimicking Cholecystitis and Review of the Literature. AML [Internet]. 2022 Jul. 25 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];29(2):344–351. Available from: https://journals.vu.lt./AML/article/view/27754

Abstract

Acute pericarditis is the most common inflammatory disorder of the pericardium, responsible for approximately 5% of visits to the emergency departments, concerning chest pain without myocardial infarction. We report a case of a 41-year-old man who presented to our hospital, complaining about retrosternal and epigastrium pain. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed pericardial effusion while the electrocardiogram and laboratory findings revealed acute pericarditis. An abdominal ultrasound revealed gallbladder edema. The pericardial effusion was treated with pericardial catheter insertion, diuretics, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. This case shows that acute pericarditis can be clinically presented with many ways, one of them being gallbladder edema. Furthermore, in this case-based review we present all cases of simultaneous appearance of pericarditis and acalculous cholecystitis or gallbladder edema.

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