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.