Gallbladder perforation represents the most serious complication of cholecystitis. Rapid preoperative diagnosis is necessary because of the high morbidity and mortality associated with it. The authors present a case of gallbladder perforation in a 64-year-old man who had been on high doses of steroids. This case was diagnosed preoperatively by combined radiologic imaging methods.
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- A 27-year-old man with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia visited the emergency department multiple times, initially presenting with ear and later chest pain, before being misdiagnosed and sent home.
- Upon returning with abdominal symptoms, an ultrasound confirmed cholecystitis, leading to an emergency surgery that uncovered the hemorrhagic cholecystitis diagnosis.
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