acute cholecystitis

a·cute cho·le·cys·ti·tis

inflammation and/or hemorrhagic necrosis, with variable infection, ulceration, and neutrophilic infiltration of the gallbladder wall; usually resulting from impaction of a stone in the cystic duct.

acute cholecystitis

Acute inflammation of the gallbladder.
Clinical finding
Right upper quadrant pain, variable severity, sudden onset, rigidity and rebound tenderness with peritonitis, nausea, vomiting, constipation, fever, slow pulse, Murphy sign; spontaneous remission is not uncommon.
 
Imaging
Stones by ultrasound, plain films, CT.
 
Management
Cholecystectomy.