Subcutaneous abscess due to gallstones lost during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 1994

G Wetscher, and G Schwab, and F Fend, and K Glaser, and D Ladurner, and E Bodner
Second Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria.

No complications caused by gallstones lost during laparoscopic cholecystectomy have yet been described in the literature. In one animal study in rats, it has been shown that pigment calculi, but not cholesterol stones, lead to severe local inflammation of the abdominal cavity. We present a case of a chronic subcutaneous and subfascial abscess in the lower abdomen, which included multiple pigment calculi, six months after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. During the procedure, multiple small pigment calculi had been lost into the free abdominal cavity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002769 Cholelithiasis Presence or formation of GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, usually in the gallbladder (CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS) or the common bile duct (CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS). Gallstone Disease,Cholelithiases,Gallstone Diseases
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000005 Abdomen That portion of the body that lies between the THORAX and the PELVIS. Abdomens
D000038 Abscess Accumulation of purulent material in tissues, organs, or circumscribed spaces, usually associated with signs of infection. Abscesses
D017081 Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic Excision of the gallbladder through an abdominal incision using a laparoscope. Cholecystectomy, Celioscopic,Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy,Celioscopic Cholecystectomies,Celioscopic Cholecystectomy,Cholecystectomies, Celioscopic,Cholecystectomies, Laparoscopic,Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies

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