title: Spontaneous discharge of 'spilled gallstone' with complete resolution of retroperitoneal abscess in a patient treated for putative tuberculosis.
abstract: A 76-year-old man presented 5 months following an open cholecystectomy with a complicated retroperitoneal abscess secondary to a retained gallstone, which was misdiagnosed as a tuberculous abscess. Subsequently, the stone was eventually spontaneously discharged with complete resolution of the associated collection.
authors: Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK. cb245@student.le.ac.uk
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Bastianpillai
authors: Christopher P
authors: CP
authors: Neal
authors: Meera
authors: M
authors: Patel
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Garcea
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D042882:Gallstones / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis
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