title: Spontaneous cholecystcutaneous fistulae secondary to calculous cholecystitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mymin
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Watkins
mesh_terms: 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