title: Cholecyst-thoracic fistula. A rare complication of lithiasic cholecystitis.
abstract: A 64-year-old male patient was studied for repeated right basal pneumonia of long duration. A computed tomography scan showed a cholecystitis of concealed evolution. Surgery revealed fistulization toward the thorax, with the passage of multiple calculi of a biliary origin to the chest cavity. We report the first described case to our knowledge of cholecyst-thoracic fistula secondary to cholecystitis of long evolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, 12 de Octubre Hospital, University of Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Corral Sánchez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gómez Sanz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alvarado Astudillo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rico Selas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moreno González
mesh_terms: D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications*; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors