Peritonitis is a condition in which the peritoneum, a membrane that covers the abdominal wall and the organs within the abdomen itself, becomes inflamed. Symptoms generally include fever ...

2). Through the translucent stretched abdominal wall, we saw a large volume of reddish-brown peritoneal fluid. Before entering the abdominal cavity, we withdrew 35 ml of fluid by syringe.

We diagnosed the inflammatory infiltration of the gallbladder wall as acute cholecystitis ... Therefore, we considered that the peritonitis and peritoneal effusion probably developed secondary ...