Acute torsion of the gallbladder is an acute surgical emergency which may be encountered more frequently in the presence of an ageing population. We report a 98-year-old patient in whom the diagnosis was made at exploratory laparotomy performed for unexplained peritonism. Emergency cholecystectomy was followed by an uncomplicated post-operative recovery.
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