title: Tubercular abdominal abscess following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: case report.
abstract: As laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become one of the most commonly performed operations, radiologists increasingly encounter complications resulting from these. Late abdominal abscesses developing as a result of dropped gallstones albeit unusual, have been described. Abdominal wall tuberculosis following laparoscopy has also been reported. We report a rare case of intraabdominal and abdominal wall abscesses of tubercular aetiology associated with dropped stones following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seith
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Pande
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*