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CASE REPORT
Spontaneous discharge of ‘spilled gallstone’ with complete resolution of retroperitoneal abscess in a patient treated for putative tuberculosis
Summary
A 76-year-old man presented 5 months following an open cholecystectomy with a complicated retroperitoneal abscess secondary to a retained gallstone, which was misdiagnosed as a tuberculous abscess. Subsequently, the stone was eventually spontaneously discharged with complete resolution of the associated collection.