Lung abscess due to retained gallstones with an adenocarcinoma

Scott G Houghton; Juan A Crestanello; Anh-Quan T Nguyen; Claude Deschamps

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.10.050

Lung abscess due to retained gallstones with an adenocarcinoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Mar;79(3):e26-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.10.050.

Authors

Scott G Houghton¹, Juan A Crestanello, Anh-Quan T Nguyen, Claude Deschamps

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.

PMID: 15734370
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.10.050

Abstract

We describe a patient who had a right lower lobe mass containing calcifications consistent with gallstones develop 3(1)/(2) years after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Thoracotomy revealed a chronic abscess containing pigmented gallstones and an adjacent area of bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma involving both N1 and N2 lymph nodes.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / complications
Abscess / etiology*
Adenocarcinoma / complications
Calcinosis / complications
Calcinosis / etiology*
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Lung Diseases / complications
Lung Diseases / etiology*
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Middle Aged