Giant gallstone: A case report

Becerra, Pablo; Becerra, Valentina; Aguilar, Christian; Modragon, Itziar; Cooper, David K.C.

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2011.07.005

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“…A 12.8 cm x 7 cm gallstone was found within this huge gallbladder, which seems to be the largest gallstone to be removed laparoscopically in the world. While Xu et al detailed the laparoscopic retrieval of a 9.5-cm gallstone, and Becerra et al reported removal of a 16.8-cm long gallstone via classical cholecystectomy in the emergency setting, from the literature to date, our gallstone appears to be the largest removed laparoscopically [6,7].…”

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A Giant Gallstone: The Largest Gallstone Removed Laparoscopically in the World

Singh¹,

Mohammed²,

Hosein³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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A Giant Gallstone: The Largest Gallstone Removed Laparoscopically in the World

Singh¹,

Mohammed²,

Hosein³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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“…The largest reported gall stone hitherto was 17x10cm in size which was reported from Chile. 7 The other two calculi have been reported from Turkey and China measuring 10cm each. 8,9 Gall stones larger than 30mm are associated with an increased risk of developing malignancy.…”

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Giant gall stone: a rare finding performed with open cholecystectomy

Sharma¹,

Kaundal²,

Sharma³

et al. 2019

Int Surg J

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Very few cases of a giant gall stone (>50mm) are reported worldwide. Author reported a case of a gall stone measuring 80x44x41mm in a 64 years old female who underwent open cholecystectomy at our institution. Gall stones measuring more than 30mm are associated with a higher risk of developing gall bladder carcinoma and any patient who is harbouring a large calculus requires cholecystectomy. Large gall stones when detected on abdominal sonography throw a reasonable surgical challenge as on usual basis, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is an ideal approach for intervention in cholelithiasis. Giant gall stones are also associated with a wide spectrum of diseases including Bouveret syndrome, colonic ileus etc. Once a surgery is planned for a giant gall stone, open procedure is better than laparoscopic cholecystectomy as the latter is difficult to perform owing to the large size of calculus and associated adhesions in the region of Calot’s triangle. It further saves the patient from unnecessary conversion to open procedure that may occur subsequently in due course of surgery that involves a giant calculus.

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“…Singh et al [21] reported a gallstone measuring 12.8 cm x 7 cm and this is mentioned in literature, as the largest gallstone removed through laparoscopic. Otherwise, a giant gallstone measuring 16.8 cm x 7.8 cm x 4.1 cm and weighing 278.0 g was removed by classical open cholecystectomy by Becerra et al [32]. Igwe and Diri [8] in their report of two cases that were successfully managed by lapa roscopic cholecystectomy, recovered a solitary giant gallstone measuring 8.2 cm x 7.5 cm in first case whereas in the second case, there were multiple calculi, one of them being giant with dimensions of 8 cm x 6 cm.…”

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Giant Gallstones – a Systematic Review

Alkhezzi,

Salati,

Alsulaim

et al. 2024

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Giant gallstones are rare occurrences and measure 5 cm in any one dimension. They present unique set of features and complications. Due to their rarity, we conducted this systematic review to investigate the profile of patients with giant gallstones applying seven variables. For this study, we used the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. After an initial search of 111 peer reviewed articles from reliable sources, we included 29 articles for this study enrolling 30 patients with mean age of 66.7 years. Majority (97%) were symptomatic, reporting with cholecysto-enteric fistula/gallstone ileus (33%), acute cholecystitis (30%) and chronic dyspepsia (24%). The management options adopted included open cholecystectomy (48%), laparoscopic cholecystectomy (33%), endoscopic lithotripsy (6%) and conservative management (6%).

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Giant gallstone: A case report

Abstract: We have been unable to find a report of a larger gallstone in the English or Spanish language medical literature.

Cited by 10 publications

References 17 publications

A Giant Gallstone: The Largest Gallstone Removed Laparoscopically in the World

A Giant Gallstone: The Largest Gallstone Removed Laparoscopically in the World

Giant gall stone: a rare finding performed with open cholecystectomy

Giant Gallstones – a Systematic Review

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