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Three cases of acute cholecystitis due to vasculitis of the gall bladder are described; one in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, and two in association with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Newbold, K.M., Allum, W.H., Downing, R. et al. Vasculitis of the gall bladder in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Rheumatol 6, 287–289 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02201039
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