title: Subcutaneous herniation of gall-bladder with spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistula.
abstract: Spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistula is now a clinical rarity due to improvements in the treatment of biliary tract diseases. This case report describes a 67-year-old woman in whom subcutaneous herniation of a pathologically dilated gall-bladder was followed by spontaneous discharge of pus and mucus with formation of a cholecystocutaneous fistula. The use of serial computed tomography examinations enabled this unusual diagnosis to be made.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Carragher
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Panesar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed