Acute and Chronic Cholecystitis

Gall bladder mucoceles and their association with endocrinopathies in dogs: a retrospective case‐control study

“…Resistance to bacterial infection may be decreased in these animals and predispose them to cholecystitis. In human beings and animals, cholecystitis has been associated with an increase in mucus production in the gall bladder (Sherlock 2002, Breitenstein et al 2006, Rege and Prystowsky 1996). A study conducted on the gall bladder mucosa of dogs has shown that inflammatory mediators such as prostaglandin 1 and 2 stimulate mucin secretion (Kuver et al 1994).…”