title: [Biliary-digestive fistula with gallstone ileus--a sonographic diagnosis].
abstract: We demonstrate a patient with a fistula between the gallbladder and the small intestine combined with a gallstone ileus of the small bowel, diagnosed by ultrasound. Plain abdominal X-ray only revealed small bowel obstruction. All the typical diagnostic criteria of a biliodigestive fistula could be detected by ultrasound. The patient was operated and discharged a few days later. We demonstrate that biliodigestive fistulas can be diagnosed by ultrasound.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie des Universitätsklinikums Charité, Berlin.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rickes
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neye
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lochs
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wermke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography