title: Spontaneous extrusion of gallstones after percutaneous drainage.
abstract: There have been reports of late discharge of gallstones through operative wounds after spillage into the peritoneal cavity during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and after the development of spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistulae. However, spontaneous discharge of gallstones from the tract of a percutaneous cholecystostomy or percutaneous drainage of a perforated gall bladder has not, to the best of our knowledge, been reported previously. We report a case in which a patient who had a percutaneous drain inserted for a perforated gall bladder discharged 34 gallstones from the tract after removal of the 7-F pigtail catheter.
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal Surgery, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals and University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre , Nottingham , UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hariharan
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal Surgery, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals and University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre , Nottingham , UK.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Lobo
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001658:Biliary Fistula; D002767:Cholecystostomy; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: CT; Gallbladder perforation; Gallstones; Percutaneous drainage; Spontaneous extrusion