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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2005

The complications of acute cholecystitis which require surgical intervention are as follows EXCEPT:

Answer options

  1. Jaundice
  2. Empyema of the gall-bladder
  3. Emphysematous gall-bladder
  4. Cholangitis conditioned by the presence of stones in the bile tract
  5. Gall-bladder perforation
Correct answer

Jaundice

Explanation

Jaundice is a symptom of a disease rather than a disease itself; the rest are medical emergency so must be treated surgically.

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