Infarction of the gallbladder: a complication of hypertension. Case report
Rosen, Y.; Chen, C.
American Journal of Gastroenterology 67(3): 249-252
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270 PMID: 868844 Document Number: 112236
A case of gallbladder infarction, occurring in a 34 yr old man with severe hypertension is described, with uneventful recovery following cholecystectomy. In the absence of other obvious etiologic factors, the gallbladder infarction is presumed to be directly related to hypertensive vascular disease. Infarction of the gallbladder is rare; a few cases associated with hypertension were previously reported. Other types of vascular disease including embolization, thrombosis complicating atherosclerosis and celiac angiography, polyarteritis nodosa, occlusion following torsion and cystic vein thrombosis were reported to cause gallbladder infarction.