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A 64-year-old man admitted under the general surgeons with vomiting and abdominal pain. His WBC was minimally raised and his ESR was 74. An AXR (Image 1) and a CT of the abdomen and pelvis (Images 2a, b and 3) were performed.
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Gill KS et al (1997) The changing face of emphysematous cholecystitis. The British Journal of Radiology 70: 986-991
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Joarder, R., Crundwell, N., Gibson, M. (2011). Case 14. In: Case Studies in Abdominal and Pelvic Imaging. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-366-4_14
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