Case ReportsCholelithoptysis and pleural empyema
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We present a case of bilioptysis and cholelithoptysis as a delayed complication of stone spillage at the time of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Boyd in 1977 [1] described the relationship of subphrenic infection to the formation of broncho-biliary fistulas. Volume and pressure of bile accumulation cause eventual erosion through the diaphragm and secondary pleural infection. If adhesions exist between the lung and diaphragm, perforation into the bronchial system can occur with broncho-biliary
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