title: Cholecystocolic fistula: an unusual presentation and diagnosis by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
abstract: This report describes a patient with a cholecystocolic fistula whose presentation was unusual because it lacked the signs and symptoms that suggest biliary disease (abdominal pain, food intolerance, and belching) and because the fistula was not visualized on barium enema but was apparent on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography after incidental pneumobilia discovered on ultrasound directed our attention to the biliary tree. A previous Billroth II with vagotomy may have predisposed to the development of the fistula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Abington Memorial Hospital, PA 19001.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Sing
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Garberman
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Frankel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chatzinoff
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male