Abstract
A 61-year-old man was referred to our center for severe acute cholecystitis. Given his serious comorbidities (previous dissection of an aortic aneurysm with residual disease awaiting surgical reintervention; stage 3b chronic kidney disease; alcohol-related liver disease), the patient underwent transgastric endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) using a 10 × 10 mm lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) ([Fig. 1]). In the following months the patient experienced two episodes of food impaction of LAMS, which were treated endoscopically with placement of two double-pigtail plastic stents coaxially through the LAMS. Then, 3 months after the procedure, the patient was admitted for a third recurrence of acute cholecystitis. Computed tomography revealed a distended gallbladder, 19 cm in the long axis and completely occupied by food ([Fig. 2]). After a multidisciplinary evaluation, surgery was again excluded, and an endoscopic attempt was performed.
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