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Acute cholecystitis causes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The most common cause of acute cholecystitis is gallstones. Less common causes of acute cholecystitis include gallbladder stasis, gallbladder polyp, gallbladder malignancy, parasites, and foreign bodies.
Causes
Causes
The most common cause of acute cholecystitis is gallstones. Less common causes of acute cholecystitis include gallbladder stasis, gallbladder polyp, gallbladder malignancy, parasites, and foreign bodies..[1][2][3]
Common Causes
Acute cholecystitis may be caused by:
Less Common Causes
Less common causes of acute cholecystitis include:
- Gallbladder stasis
- Gallbladder polyp
- Gallbladder malignancy
- Genetic causes
- Parasites
- Foreign bodies
For the risk factors involved in the development of Acute cholecystitis, please click here.
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | Gallstones, gallbladder stasis |
| Genetic | Lith gene, mutations in the hepatic cholesterol transporter ABCG8 |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | Parasitic infiltration of gallbladder |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | Gallbladder polyp, gallbladder malignancy |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | Foreign body |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order.
- Foreign body
- Gallbladder malignancy
- Gallbladder polyp
- Gallbladder stasis
- Gallstones
- Genetic causes
- Parasites
References
References
- ↑ Knab LM, Boller AM, Mahvi DM (2014). “Cholecystitis”. Surg. Clin. North Am. 94 (2): 455–70. doi:10.1016/j.suc.2014.01.005. PMID 24679431.
- ↑ Jones MW, Ferguson T. “Gallbladder, Cholecystitis, Acalculous”. PMID 29083717.
- ↑ Jones MW, Bhimji SS. “Gallbladder, Cholecystitis, Acute”. PMID 29083809.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]