title: Spontaneous cholecysto-antral-cutaneous fistula: a consequence of neglected calculus cholecystitis.
abstract: A biliary fistula from the gallbladder can develop as a result of the erosion of stones into the surrounding viscera. An 82-year-old woman with multiple comorbid diseases presented with a persisting discharge from what was thought to be an abscess in the right hypochondrium, which had previously been drained. Sinogram confirmed fistulous communication with the gallbladder and gastric antrum. The fistulous tract was excised together with the gallbladder, and the gastric defect was repaired. The patient made an uneventful recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. vikaspgi@gmail.com
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Sudeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benerjee
authors.forename: Harsh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vyas
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000473:pathology*