Late complication following percutaneous cholecystostomy: retained abdominal wall gallstone

A case of recurrent abdominal wall abscess following percutaneous cholecyst ostomy (PC) is presented. Transperitoneal PC was performed in an 82-year-ol d female with calculous cholecystitis. Symptoms resolved and the catheter w as removed 29 days later. The patient came back 5 months later with a super ficial abscess that was drained and 8 months post PC with a fistula dischar ging clear fluid. Ultrasonography revealed the tract adjacent to an area of inflammation containing a calculus, whereas CT failed to depict the stone. Subsequent surgery confirmed VS findings. To our knowledge, this is the fi rst report of a dislodged bile stone following percutaneous cholecystostomy .