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Infected Peri-Pancreatic Necrosis Causing Gallbladder Necrosis by Direct Extension
Acute acalculous cholecystitis may develop in patients suffering from necrotizing pancreatitis.
Conversely, acute pancreatitis may complicate acute gallbladder disease. We present a case that lends
support to the existence of another possibility: gallbladder necrosis caused by direct extension of the
necrotizing pancreatitic process