Lung abscess due to retained gallstones with an adenocarcinoma.

Ann Thorac Surg

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

Published: March 2005

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.

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