Multiple abdominal granuloma caused by spilled gallstones with imaging findings that mimic malignancy

Received 19 October 2008; received in revised form 6 April 2009

Abstract

Multiple abdominal granulomas caused by spilled gallstones during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy are a rare complication. The images of the granuloma mimicked malignancy.

Keywords: FDG-PET, Granuloma, Gallstone

a Department of Acute Critical Care and Disaster Medicine and ER Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyou-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-8510

b Department of Surgery, Okinawa Hokubu Hospital, Nago City, Okinawa, Japan

Corresponding author: Tel.: +81-3-3813-6111; fax: +81-3-5803-0137

PII: S0002-9610(09)00433-4

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.04.016

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