Multiple abdominal granuloma caused by spilled gallstones with imaging findings that mimic malignancy.
Multiple abdominal granulomas caused by spilled gallstones during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy are a rare complication. The images of the granuloma mimicked malignancy.
Morishita
Koji
K
Department of Acute Critical Care and Disaster Medicine and ER Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyou-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-8510. morishita.accm@tmd.ac.jp
Otomo
Yasuhiro
Y
Sasaki
Hideaki
H
Yamashiro
Toshimitsu
T
Okubo
Kazuaki
K
D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18