title: Retroperitoneal actinomycosis due to dropped gallstones.
abstract: Dropped bile and gallstones after accidental perforation of the biliary gallbladder is a frequent event during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and is generally of no clinical importance. However, calculi left in the abdominal cavity can produce a series of severe late complications. We present a patient with retroperitoneal actinomycosis produced by dropped gallstones after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Hepatobiliary Unit, Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avda Fuerzas Armadas s/n, Granada 18014, Spain. jose_ramia@hotmail.com
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ramia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansilla
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Villar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muffak
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garrote
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ferron
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000190:Actinomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space
chemical_list: D004318:Doxycycline