[Diagnostic image (345). A woman with abdominal pain and purulent vaginal discharge].
A 41-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and purulent vaginal discharge several months after a complicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy. MRI revealed a rectovaginal pouch abscess which at laparotomy contained 41 gallstones that had been spilled.
de Hingh
I H J T
IH
Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, afd. Chirurgie, Amsterdam. ignace.d.hingh@cze.nl
Gouma
D J
DJ
D018784:Abdominal Abscess; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*