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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998;13:107-108
© 1998 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Empyema due to spilled stones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK

Received 6 May 1997; received in revised form 25 August 1997; accepted 16 September 1997.

Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 114 2434343; fax: +44 114 2560472.

We describe a patient who suffered right pleuritic chest pain and an exudative pleural effusion, leading to empyema formation. Thoracotomy revealed this to be due to a subphrenic abscess around spilled gall stones.

Key Words: Cholecystectomy • Laparoscopic • Empyema • Gall stones

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