title: Unretrieved gallstone presenting as an inguinal mass.
abstract: We describe a case of a patient 6 months after laparoscopic cholecystectomy who presented with inguinal pain and a mass. At inguinal exploration, the patient was found to have an unretrieved gallstone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center and Temple University Health Sciences Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Steerman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sklar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Troutman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013526:Surgical Mesh