Ectopic retained gallstone causing an abdominal wall abscess
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- Text
- Authors
- D'cruz, Reuban Toby; Shelat, Vishal G
- Source
- Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery. 23(2):197-199
- Subject
- Case Report
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A 67-year-old lady was managed with percutaneous cholecystostomy for severe acute cholecystitis with septic shock. An interval laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy was done at 8 weeks. Her post-operative phase was complicated by intra-abdominal abscess requiring radiologically guided percutaneous drain insertion. Five days following the removal of the drain, she presented with a right abdominal wall abscess. A computerized tomography scan showed an abdominal wall ectopically-retained gallstone. The gallstone was retrieved along with drainage of abscess.