Acute cholecystitis secondary to unusual gallstones

Sanowski, R.A.; Arbaje-Ramirez, S.

American Journal of Gastroenterology 71(2): 193-195

1979


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270
PMID: 433903
Document Number: 143793
Gallstone formation around metallic foreign bodies is an unusual cause of acute cholecystitis. Two cases of penetrating abdominal trauma are described in which metallic fragments served as the nidus for calculus formation and later precipitated an acute abdominal problem.

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