Outpatient treatment with corticosteroids and antibiotics for acalculous cholecystitis in chronic granulomatous disease

Acta Paediatr. 2005 Nov;94(11):1684-6. doi: 10.1080/08035250500201648.

Abstract

We report the outpatient management of acalculous colecistitis in an 18-y-old male with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease. The patient complained of abdominal pain and the initial ultrasound showed a gallbladder with a thickened wall.

Conclusion: In chronic granulomatous disease, pain from a thickened gallbladder disappears after oral treatment with glucocorticoids and antibiotics.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acalculous Cholecystitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Acalculous Cholecystitis / drug therapy*
  • Acalculous Cholecystitis / etiology
  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cephalexin / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / complications*
  • Humans
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use*
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Cephalexin
  • Prednisone