A Rare Case of COVID-19 Presenting as Acalculous Cholecystitis

Nayaab Bakshi; Nibras Yar Khan; Navjot Grewal; Alaa Muhanna; Jihad Slim

doi:10.7759/cureus.46332

A Rare Case of COVID-19 Presenting as Acalculous Cholecystitis

Cureus. 2023 Oct 1;15(10):e46332. doi: 10.7759/cureus.46332. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Authors

Nayaab Bakshi¹, Nibras Yar Khan¹, Navjot Grewal¹, Alaa Muhanna², Jihad Slim²

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
² Infectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.

Abstract

At its onset, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) commonly presents with generalized myalgia and upper respiratory symptoms. COVID-19 presenting as acalculous cholecystitis has been rarely described in the literature. The following case presents a patient whose first presentation of COVID-19 was acalculous cholecystitis without respiratory symptoms, critical illness, or severe COVID-19 infection.

Keywords: acalculous cholecystitis; cholecystitis; covid 19; sars-cov-2; sars-cov-2 complications.

Publication types

Case Reports