Massive hemoptysis from a lung abscess due to retained gallstones.
This case report describes a subhepatic abscess from spilled gallstones which eroded through the diaphragm causing a right lower lobe pulmonary abscess and presenting as massive hemoptysis.
Werber
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA.
Wright
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D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed