Herpes zoster mistaken for biliary colic and treated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a cautionary case report

I Hassan; J H Donohue

doi:10.1007/BF00189548

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Herpes zoster mistaken for biliary colic and treated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a cautionary case report

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Herpes zoster mistaken for biliary colic and treated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a cautionary case report

I Hassan and J H Donohue

Surgical endoscopy, Vol.10(8), pp.848-849

08/1996

DOI: 10.1007/BF00189548

PMID: 8694952

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Abstract

Herpes zoster must be included in the differential diagnosis of acute right upper quadrant pain. The presence of a dermatomal vesicular rash should be considered a contraindication to surgical intervention.

Analgesics - therapeutic use

Diagnosis, Differential

Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use

Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic

Humans

Herpes Zoster - complications

Male

Colic - surgery

Cholelithiasis - diagnosis

Colic - diagnosis

Herpes Zoster - drug therapy

Cholelithiasis - surgery

Diagnostic Errors

Herpes Zoster - diagnosis

Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use

Aged

Amitriptyline - therapeutic use

Steroids

Details

Title: Subtitle: Herpes zoster mistaken for biliary colic and treated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a cautionary case report
Creators: I Hassan - Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J H Donohue
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Surgical endoscopy, Vol.10(8), pp.848-849
Publisher: Germany
DOI: 10.1007/BF00189548
PMID: 8694952
ISSN: 0930-2794
eISSN: 1432-2218
Language: English
Date published: 08/1996
Academic Unit: Surgery
Record Identifier: 9984051751102771

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