title: Abdominal wall abscess due to spilled gallstones.
abstract: Spillage of gallstones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy is not a rare event. We describe a patient who showed signs of an abdominal wall abscess 4 months postsurgery. The abscess was found to be due to gallstones trapped in the preperitoneal space behind the left rectus sheath.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eisenstat
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male