Intrapelvic calculi demonstrated in a patient after laparoscopic laser cholecystectomy: a case report

Laparoscopic laser cholecystectomy is becoming increasingly popular in the surgical community for the treatment of gallbladder disease. Physicians will need to familiarize themselves with the imaging consequences of this new therapy. Described below is a case report of a woman in whom calculi were incidentally found within the pelvis on a plain radiograph of the abdomen after she presented to the hospital with pancreatitis. Initial confusion regarding the etiology of these calculi was solved after it was discovered that the patient had proven gallstones and a recent laparoscopic procedure. In the appropriate clinical setting, gallstones should be added to the differential consideration of intrapelvic calcifications.