Gallstone spillage caused by spontaneously perforated hemorrhagic cholecystitis

World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Nov 7;13(41):5525-6. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i41.5525.

Abstract

There are occasional incidences of gallstone spillage during laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and there have been frequent reports on such a topic in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, however, there have been no reports about spilled stones caused by spontaneously perforated hemorrhagic cholecystitis. Here, we report the radiologic findings of spilled stones caused by spontaneously perforated hemorrhagic cholecystitis in a 55-year-old man.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cholecystitis / complications
  • Cholecystitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Cholecystitis / etiology*
  • Cholecystography
  • Gallbladder* / diagnostic imaging
  • Gallstones / complications*
  • Gallstones / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography