title: Delayed peritoneal and retroperitoneal abscesses caused by spilled gallstones: a complication following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: Many complications following laparoscopic cholecystectomy have been reported. We report a case of delayed peritoneal and retroperitoneal abscesses caused by spilled gallstones from a laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed 1 year earlier. This diagnosis was suggested only at sonography because the aggressive behavior of the lesions containing nonopaque gallstones suggested, by computed-tomography scan, peritoneal metastatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rioux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asselin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grégoire
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dallaire
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017562:Postcholecystectomy Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography