{"pk":848,"title":"Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis from Infection with Epstein–Barr Virus in a Previously Healthy Child: A Case Report","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Background:\n Acute cholecystitis is the acute inflammation of the gallbladder. In adults it is most frequently caused by a gallstone(s) obstructing outflow from the cystic duct, leading to gallbladder distention and edema with eventual development of biliary stasis and bacterial overgrowth, often requiring operative management. However, in children acalculous cholecystitis is more common and is often the result of an infectious process.\nCase Report:\n Here we present a case of acute acalculous cholecystitis caused by infection with Epstein-Barr virus in an otherwise healthy three-year-old male.\nConclusion:\n Acalculous cholecystitis is an uncommon but potentially significant complication of Epstein-Barr virus infection in the pediatric population. Emergency providers should consider this diagnosis in any child being evaluated for EBV with the complaint of abdominal pain.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Epstein-Barr"},{"word":"acalculous cholecystitis"}],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3qj0687m","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Robert","middle_name":"","last_name":"Langenohl","name_suffix":"","institution":"Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, Washington","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Scott","middle_name":"","last_name":"Young","name_suffix":"","institution":"Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, Washington","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Kyle","middle_name":"","last_name":"Couperus","name_suffix":"","institution":"Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, Washington","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-06-15T19:42:29Z","date_accepted":"2020-06-15T19:42:29Z","date_published":"2020-06-15T19:43:02Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/848/galley/600/download/"}]}