title: [A case of common bile duct stone formed around a surgical clip after laparoscopic cholecystectomy].
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has now rapidly replaced open cholecystectomy. Rarely a calculus may arise from a metallic surgical clip migrated into the common bile duct (CBD) after this surgical procedure was performed. We report a 50-year-old man with CBD stone formed around a surgical clip, who had undergone a laparoscopic cholecystectomy because of acute calculous cholecystitis 14 months before. Abdominal CT revealed a single stone in mildly dilated CBD. A high density core within the CBD stone, was suspected to be a surgical clip. The stone was removed using a retrieval balloon catheter and basket after endoscopic sphincterotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Inchon, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyoung Wook
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Bong Joo
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Don Haeng
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Pum Soo
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyung Gil
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sun Keun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D042883:Choledocholithiasis / Q000209:etiology*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects*