Massive hemoptysis from a lung abscess due to retained gallstones.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This case report describes a subhepatic abscess from spilled gallstones which eroded through the diaphragm causing a right lower lobe pulmonary abscess and presenting as massive hemoptysis.
Medical subject headings
- Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
- Cholecystitis
- Cholelithiasis
- Foreign-Body Migration
- Hemoptysis
- Lung Abscess
- Postoperative Complications