Revista de gastroenterología del Perú : órgano oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú
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Rev Gastroenterol Peru · Jan 2001
Review[Acalculous acute cholecystitis during the course of typhoid fever in children].
Determine the treatment of the acalculous acute cholecystitis during the course of typhoid fever in children. ⋯ Acute cholecystitis is not a common entity in children, and rare complication in the course of the typhoid fever. The surgical decision is primary in almost all the patients, for the risk of vesicular perforation and the possibility they become healthy carriers. Those patients who were not able to have a surgical treatment, were recommended to have medical treatment and ultrasonographic follow-up.