Is it safe to be calcified? Porcelain gallbladder perforation and review of literature

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Coskun, Selcuk [1 ]
Soylu, Lutfi [2 ]
Kilicaslan, Isa [3 ]
Atalay, Fuat [4 ]
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[1] Ankara Ataturk Training & Res Hosp, Dept Emergency Med, Ankara, Turkey
[2] Ankara Guven Hosp, Dept Gen Surg, Ankara, Turkey
[3] Gazi Univ, Fac Med, Dept Emergency Med, Ankara, Turkey
[4] Ankara Guven Hosp, Div Gastroenterol Surg, Dept Gen Surg, Ankara, Turkey
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Gallbladder perforation; Porcelain gallbladder; Porcelain gallbladder perforation;
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Calcification of the gallbladder wall (porcelain gallbladder) is an intense structure and uncommon manifestation seen in chronic cholecystitis and resulting from chronic inflammation of the gallbladder wall. Patients with porcelain gallbladder are usually considered not at risk of acute cholecystitis. However, sporadic cases of cholecystitis on porcelain gallbladder have been described in literature. Gallbladder perforation is a rare entity and may complicate on acute or chronic cholecystitis in a non-calcified gallbladder. We report an unusual case of acute cholecystitis with perforation in a porcelain gallbladder.
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