Schein M, Assalia A, Schmulevski P, Meislin V, Hashmonai M
Department of Surgery B, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
HPB Surg. 1993 Aug;7(1):77-9. doi: 10.1155/1993/14751.
Acute acalculous cholecystitis may develop in patients suffering from necrotizing pancreatitis. Conversely, acute pancreatitis may complicate acute gallbladder disease. We present a case that lends support to the existence of another possibility: gallbladder necrosis caused by direct extension of the necrotizing pancreatitic process.