title: [On the fate of lost gallstones].
abstract: The spilling of stones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy occurs in 10% of the operations. Late complications associated with this type of surgical procedure are abscesses and fistulas in the abdominal cavity and abdominal wall. The time elapsing between laparoscopy and clinical manifestation may be as long as 12 months. We present a case of a patient with localised abdominal pain in the upper right abdomen two months after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Sonography and CT revealed a fat necrosis posterior of the rectus muscle. Examination of the histological specimen confirmed a fat necrosis caused by two small pigmented stones, spilled during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiologie, Universitätsklinik Innsbruck.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bodner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hufler
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography