A RARE COMPLICATION OF ACUTE COLECISTITIS

CLINICAL CASE

  • M. Coțofană III’rd Department of General Surgery, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania
  • M. B. Șerban III’rd Department of General Surgery, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania & The University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Romania
  • D. Ion III’rd Department of General Surgery, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania & The University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Romania
  • Adriana Elena Nica The University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Romania & Department of Anaesthesiology, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania
  • Florentina Mușat The University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Romania
  • Ioana Coțofană “C.I. Parhon” National Institute of Endocrinology
  • D. N. Păduraru III’rd Department of General Surgery, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania & The University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Romania
Keywords: laparoscopic cholecystectomy, abdominal wall abscess, gallstones

Abstract

Laparoscopic procedures are often preferred to open surgery due to their many advantages, they
may sometimes cause rare complications like intraabdominal, pelvic, and abdominal wall abscesses.
We report a case of a 45-year-old woman who presented on multiple occasions to the hospital with
symptoms suggesting an infection involving the epigastric area. Following an exploratory
procedure it was concluded that unretrieved gallstones from a previous laparoscopic
cholecystectomy caused an abdominal wall abscess. This case shows that when establishing a
diagnosis, the physician should consider that laparoscopic procedures can cause rare
complications even after a long period of time.

Published
2016-03-10
How to Cite
[1]
M. Coțofană, “A RARE COMPLICATION OF ACUTE COLECISTITIS”, JSS, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 19-22, Mar. 2016.
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