Delayed remote abscess formation after spillage of infected gallstone during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: CT and US findings.
We report on a patient who presented an abdominal wall abscess two years after percutaneous cholecystectomy. The diagnosis of wall abscess caused by migrating gallstones could be made sonographically, whereas thin-section spiral CT failed to show the cause of the abscess: a non-calcified gallstone.
Van Hover
P
P
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.
Van Hoe
L
L
Kerremans
R
R
Baert
A L
AL
D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography