Spilled gallstone mimicking intra-abdominal seeding of gallbladder adenocarcinoma: A case report

Table 1 Case reviews: Study characteristics of spilled stones mimicking cancer

Ref.	Patient’s age and sex	Time after laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Symptoms	Imaging	Treatment	Tumor marker (CEA and CA199)
Dasari et al[7], 2009	67 yr/female	2 yr	Repeat attack of lower abdominal pain	CT	Diagnostic laparoscopy	Normal range
Arai et al[8], 2012	65 yr/male	4 yr	No	Ultrasound CT, MRI	Partial resection of the liver and right diaphragm	Normal range
McVeigh et al[9], 2012	37 yr/female	3 yr	No	No	Removed during C/S	Not mentioned
Kim et al[10], 2016	59 yr/male	5 months	Constant abdominal pain	CT, MRI	Exploratory laparotomy	Normal range
Suarez-Zamora et al[11], 2017	29 yr/female	2 yr	No	No	Removed during C/S	Not mentioned
Jeong et al[12], 2018	59 yr/male	3 months	No	CT, PET CT	Exploratory laparotomy	Normal range
Capolupo et al[13], 2018	73 yr/male	6 months	No	CT	Explorative laparoscopy	Not mentioned

MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; CT: Computed tomography; PET-CT: Positron emission tomography/computed tomography; CEA: Carcinoembryonic antigen; CA199: Carbohydrate antigen 19-9.