Abstract
Right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain is a frequent presenting symptom in the emergency department, and gallstone-induced acute cholecystitis is one of the main causes; in addition, RUQ pain can be a consequence of several other conditions. Although rare, it may also indicate cholecystalgia from gallbladder edema, which is usually related to other conditions, such as congestive heart failure (CHF), alcoholic and nonalcoholic liver cirrhosis, acute viral or drug-induced hepatitis, renal failure, and hypoproteinemia. We present a case of cholecystalgia resulting from gallbladder edema in a patient with a newly diagnosed alcohol-induced cardiomyopathy without the common CHF signs and symptoms.
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