title: Successful preoperative diagnosis of a cholecystogastric fistula using endoscopic retrograde cholangiography: report of a case.
abstract: A 64-year-old woman who presented with pyrexia and severe right upper quadrant abdominal pain was suspected of a having a cholecystogastric fistula by the abdominal plain radiograph and gastrointestinal endoscopic findings. The diagnosis was established preoperatively by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC), following which a cholecystectomy and fistulectomy with resection of the extrahepatic bile duct and hepaticojejunostomy were performed. The patient has remained well since her discharge from hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ogori-Daiichi General Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005260:Female; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care