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  • Title: Is it acute cholecystitis?
    Author: Schofield PF, Hulton NR, Baildam AD.
    Journal: Ann R Coll Surg Engl; 1986 Jan; 68(1):14-6. PubMed ID: 3511830.
    Abstract:
    In a prospective study of 100 patients presenting with acute right hypochondrial pain and diagnosed clinically by a qualified surgeon as having acute cholecystitis, we have shown that the diagnostic error can be considerable. Twenty-five of these patients were found to have a different diagnosis on subsequent investigation and in a further 11 patients, no definite diagnosis could be established. This emphasises the need for careful investigation of patients with this presenting complaint.
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