Presentation
Right upper quadrant pain, tenderness ,and vomiting for 3 days.
Patient Data
The gallbladder wall is disrupted and is in direct communication with a low-attenuation fluid collection tracking superiorly in a perihepatic distribution and inferiorly along the right paracolic gutter.
The gallbladder mucosa shows wall thickening and interrupted enhancement. Associated pericholecystic fat stranding extending to the porta hepatis. There is mild free fluid is seen in the peritoneal cavity.
Multiple renal cysts, bilaterally.
Case Discussion
Gallbladder perforation is a relatively rare complication that can occur in a number of situations, but occur most common as a result of acute cholecystitis. It carries a relatively high morality rate 1.
According to the Niemeier classification this case was a type I perforated gallbladder 2.
A cholecystectomy was performed for this patient immediately after the perforated gallbladder was seen. Despite the patient's age, 5 days after the operation the patient was discharged to home in very good condition.
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