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Unretrieved gallstones presenting as a Streptococcus bovis liver abscess
1Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center and Temple University Health Science Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
|September 15, 2000
Abstract:
We describe a case of a delayed liver abscess presenting two years after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. At exploration, the patient was found to have an unretrieved gallstone as the nidus for the Streptococcus bovis abscess.