title: Septic lithiasis of the pelvis.
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become a standard technique for the treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis. Despite a significant reduction in the complication rate with increasing experience, bile duct injury and gallstone spillage still occur more frequently with this approach than with the open procedure. Unretrieved gallstones, in particular, have been associated with late infection and the formation of abscesses in virtually every area of the abdominal cavity. We present a rare case of an isolated pelvic abscess that developed in a postmenopausal woman 5 months after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for recurrent cholecystitis. The preoperative differential diagnosis of this case is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Vas. Sophias 80 and Lourou Street, Athens, Greece. protom@aias.gr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Protopapas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milingos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diakomanolis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kioses
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodolakis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michalas
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis; D012086:Reoperation; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology