Gall bladder stump cholelithiasis: a rare presentation

Prabha Om; Nidhi Gupta; Amit Jain; Jagram Meena

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20231755

Authors

Prabha Om Department of General Surgery, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Rajasthan, India
Nidhi Gupta Department of General Surgery, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Rajasthan, India
Amit Jain Department of General Surgery, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Rajasthan, India
Jagram Meena Department of General Surgery, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Rajasthan, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20231755

Keywords:

Post cholecystectomy syndrome, Stump cholelithiasis, Cystic duct remanant syndrome

Abstract

Laparascopic cholecystectomy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure for the removal of a diseased gall bladder which has largely replaced open cholecystectomy since early 1990s. However some exhibit a certain ‘post cholecystectomy syndrome’ where there is a recurrence of symptoms similar to those before cholecystectomy. We reported a previously asymptomatic thirty eight year old woman with right hypochondrium pain and a history of laparascopic cholecystectomy seven years ago. Various causes for the same were evaluated and the patient was found to have gall bladder stump cholelithiasis on magnetic resonance cholangio pancreatography. A complete cholecystectomy was then performed and the patient achieved symptomatic resolution. It is important to be aware of this complication in post cholecystectomy patients who may present several years later.

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