Spontaneous cholecystcutaneous fistulae secondary to calculous cholecystitis.
Spontaneous external biliary fistulae tend to occur in elderly patients, often those with systemic diseases. Cholecystectomy and fistulectomy is not always required or even appropriate.
Mymin
J S
JS
Department of General Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon.
Watkins
R M
RM
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications*; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male