Hepatitis C Virus-associated Acalculous Cholecystitis and Review of the Literature

  • Clinical Medicine & Research
  • September 2019,
  • cmr.2019.1499;
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3121/cmr.2019.1499

Abstract

Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is an infrequently encountered clinical condition associated with high morbidity and mortality. Viral infection associated AAC is rare but most commonly associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Dengue virus, Hepatitis A (HAV), Hepatitis B (HBV), Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), disseminated visceral Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) infection, Zika virus, and Hepatitis C. We report on a patient who was first diagnosed with chronic Hepatic C infection and subsequently acalculous cholecystitis.

  • Received March 22, 2019.
  • Revision received June 30, 2019.
  • Accepted July 1, 2019.
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