Elena Martínez-Chamorro1, Laín Ibáñez2, María Navallas2, Irene Navas2, Félix Cambra3, Matilde Gónzalez-Serrano4, Susana Borruel2. 1. Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Avda de Córdoba s/n. 28041, Madrid, Spain. elenamartinezcha@hotmail.com. 2. Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Avda de Córdoba s/n. 28041, Madrid, Spain. 3. Department of General Surgery, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Avda de Córdoba s/n. 28041, Madrid, Spain. 4. Department of Anesthesiology, Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Avda de Córdoba s/n. 28041, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical and imaging findings of acute cholecystitis in recent lung transplant patients. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed all abdominal ultrasounds and computed tomography (CT) scans of patients who developed acute cholecystitis in the early postoperative period following lung transplantation from November 2014 to December 2020 in a tertiary care university hospital. RESULTS: Ten patients (4.4%) were included in this series (6 male, mean age 62.9 years ± 2.1 [standard deviation]) of a total 227 lung transplant patients performed from November 2014 to December 2020 (172 unilateral and 55 bilateral). Nine (90%) patients received a double-lung transplant and seven (70%) required extracorporeal circulation during surgery. Acute cholecystitis occurred during the initial admission for lung transplantation (average of 33 ± 25.9 days post-transplantation). Six patients (60%) died during admission with an average of 24.3 ± 21.8 days after cholecystectomy. The most frequent imaging findings were gallbladder wall discontinuity or decreased gallbladder mural enhancement (100%, 10 patients) and gallbladder distension (90%, 9 patients). All acute cholecystitis were found to be ischemic / gangrenous at surgery and/or pathology, 40% (4 patients) were hemorrhagic and 30% (3 patients) were perforated, one of them with a cholecystoduodenal fistula. Fungal cholecystitis was demonstrated at histological exam in one patient. CONCLUSION: Acute cholecystitis in the early postoperative period after lung transplantation is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Ischemic or gangrenous cholecystitis prevails. The key imaging findings are parietal perfusion defects and gallbladder distension, which can easily go unnoticed if not specifically looked for.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical and imaging findings of acute cholecystitis in recent lung transplant patients. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed all abdominal ultrasounds and computed tomography (CT) scans of patients who developed acute cholecystitis in the early postoperative period following lung transplantation from November 2014 to December 2020 in a tertiary care university hospital. RESULTS: Ten patients (4.4%) were included in this series (6 male, mean age 62.9 years ± 2.1 [standard deviation]) of a total 227 lung transplant patients performed from November 2014 to December 2020 (172 unilateral and 55 bilateral). Nine (90%) patients received a double-lung transplant and seven (70%) required extracorporeal circulation during surgery. Acute cholecystitis occurred during the initial admission for lung transplantation (average of 33 ± 25.9 days post-transplantation). Six patients (60%) died during admission with an average of 24.3 ± 21.8 days after cholecystectomy. The most frequent imaging findings were gallbladder wall discontinuity or decreased gallbladder mural enhancement (100%, 10 patients) and gallbladder distension (90%, 9 patients). All acute cholecystitis were found to be ischemic / gangrenous at surgery and/or pathology, 40% (4 patients) were hemorrhagic and 30% (3 patients) were perforated, one of them with a cholecystoduodenal fistula. Fungal cholecystitis was demonstrated at histological exam in one patient. CONCLUSION:Acute cholecystitis in the early postoperative period after lung transplantation is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Ischemic or gangrenous cholecystitis prevails. The key imaging findings are parietal perfusion defects and gallbladder distension, which can easily go unnoticed if not specifically looked for.
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