Postoperative abscess mimicked by Surgicel

Abdom Imaging. 1994 Jul-Aug;19(4):345-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00198195.

Abstract

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a very common surgery in many hospitals today. Thrombogenic agents are important for visualization, especially since the gallbladder fossa is a difficult bleeding source to control. Surgicel, oxidized regenerated cellulose, is a bioabsorbable thrombogenic which given the proper clinical context can be indistinguishable from an abscess on postoperative CT scans.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adult
  • Cellulose, Oxidized*
  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hemostasis, Surgical
  • Humans
  • Surgical Wound Infection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Cellulose, Oxidized
  • Surgicel