(1) Department of Surgery, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, 4500 Parsons Boulevard, 11355 Flushing, NY, USA;(2) The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, 10461 Bronx, NY, USA
Abstract:
The fate of lost gallstones in the peritoneal cavity following laparoscopic cholecystectomy is unknown. We report a case of microabscesses and granuloma formation in the peritoneal cavity and abdominal wall caused by infected gallstone shrapnel due to rupture of the gallbladder during extraction.