Acalculous Cholecystitis Complicated by Liver Abscess as a Manifestation of Cholesterol Embolization Syndrome – Infrequent Manifestation Precipitated by a Common Procedure
  • Ossama Maadarani
    Internal Medical Department, Ahmadi Hospital – Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
  • Hany Alfayed
    Internal Medicine Department, Ahmadi Hospital - Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
  • Zouheir Bitar
    Internal Medicine Department, Ahmadi Hospital - Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
  • Moataz Daher
    Internal Medicine Department, Ahmadi Hospital - Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
  • Tamer Zaalouk
    Internal Medicine Department, Ahmadi Hospital - Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
  • Mohamed Abdelfatah
    Internal Medicine Department, Ahmadi Hospital - Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait

Keywords

Cholesterol crystals, acalculous cholecystitis, liver abscess

Abstract

Cholesterol embolization syndrome (CES) is an atherosclerotic complication affecting different systems with various clinical manifestations, usually triggered iatrogenically by interventional and surgical procedures or thrombolytic therapy, although spontaneous cases have been reported. The hepatobiliary system can also be affected when the showered cholesterol crystals obliterate small vessels within this system causing both ischaemic and inflammatory responses. We describe a case of a male patient who initially developed multiple lacunar cerebral infarcts 10 days post-thrombolytic therapy and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) due to acute myocardial infarction. Several weeks later he developed acalculous cholecystitis complicated by liver abscess and kidney injury. The consequences and latency of manifestations within different organs and the temporal relationship with well-known trigger factors raised the suspicion of CES.

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    Published: 2020-10-02
    Issue: 2020: Vol 7 No 12 (view)


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    Maadarani O, Alfayed H, Bitar Z, Daher M, Zaalouk T, Abdelfatah M. Acalculous Cholecystitis Complicated by Liver Abscess as a Manifestation of Cholesterol Embolization Syndrome – Infrequent Manifestation Precipitated by a Common Procedure. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_001953.

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