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[Acute abdominal pain with surprising etiology-rare complication of a common disease].
Inn Med (Heidelb)
October 2024
Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Kirrberger Str. 100, 66424, Homburg/Saar, Deutschland.
Article Synopsis
- Chronic cholecystitis and cholangitis can lead to a rare complication known as a cholecystocolic fistula, which is hard to detect without advanced imaging techniques.
- Patients often come to the emergency room with acute abdominal pain, which can be linked to these chronic conditions.
- The case discussed illustrates that chronic cholecystitis may exhibit complications even in the absence of symptoms like bile duct obstruction (cholestasis) or infection.
A Rare Case of Cholecystoduodenal and Cholecystocolic Fistula with Gallstone Ileus.
Int J Appl Basic Med Res
July 2023
Department of Medicine, GMC and Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Cholecystoduodenal and cholecystocolic fistula (CCF) is a rare condition, occurring in patients with cholelithiasis. Multiple complex fistulas are even rare. This is a case study done to detail such a rare case, very few such cases have been reported in the past studies, with cholecystoduodenal and CCF with gallstone ileus.
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Cureus
June 2023
General Surgery, Hospital General de Zona 6, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, San Nicolas de los Garza, MEX.
Biliary fistula is a rare (less than 8%) cholecystectomy complication, internal fistulae being the most common of them (mainly colonic and duodenal). However, the presence of two fistulas at the same time is extremely rare, with a small number of cases reported in the literature to date. Symptoms tend to be non-specific, leading to a difficult preoperative diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCholecystoappendiceal Fistula From Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Requiring a Right Hemicolectomy With Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy.
Am Surg
August 2023
Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Bilioenteric fistulae are rare and difficult to manage complications of chronic cholecystitis. While cholecystoduodenal and cholecystocolic fistulae are more common, a cholecystoappendiceal fistula is an extremely rare finding. We report the presentation and operative management of a 59-year-old male with cholecystoappendiceal fistula and associated abscess in the gallbladder fossa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCholecystocolic fistula closed using endoscopic therapy alone: A case report.
Medicine (Baltimore)
July 2022
Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
Background: Cholecystocolic fistula (CCF) is a known but rare complication of cholelithiasis. Treatment for CCF is generally surgical. As the number of elderly patients has increased in recent years, many cases require non-surgical treatment; therefore, endoscopic treatment has gained importance.
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