Lung abscess due to retained gallstones with an adenocarcinoma.
We describe a patient who had a right lower lobe mass containing calcifications consistent with gallstones develop 3(1)/(2) years after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Thoracotomy revealed a chronic abscess containing pigmented gallstones and an adjacent area of bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma involving both N1 and N2 lymph nodes.
Houghton
Scott G
SG
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Crestanello
Juan A
JA
Nguyen
Anh-Quan T
AQ
Deschamps
Claude
C
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged