Acute acalculous cholecystitis - a rare complication of burn injury.

The aim of this study is to draw attention to acute acalculous cholecystitis, a rare complication that may occur during the post-burn period (usually within 20-30 days). A 42-yr-old male patient, the victim of 35% TBSA high-voltage electrical burns that caused the amputation of both upper extremities by day 45 post-burn, was brought to our operating theatre suffering from acute acalculous cholecystitis. Mild epigastric pain followed by reflex nausea, vomiting, and pain that shifts to the upper quadrant and considerably increases during the post-burn period should make the therapist think of acalculous cholecystitis and react immediately with an urgent operation.