Cholecystocolonic fistula.
Cholecystoenteric fistulas are a complication of biliary disease, having an estimated incidence in the range of 0.1 - 0.5 percent. Roughly 8-27 percent of these are of the cholecystocolonic type,1 occurring most commonly at the hepatic flexure. An 82-year-old male presented to our tertiary hospital emergency department and was diagnosed with a cholecystocolonic fistula (CCF) by CT imaging. Surgical evaluation confirmed the CT diagnosis with subsequent removal of the fistula and gallbladder, which was curative.
Osman M
OM
Tahir
Charles R
CR
Fedele
Michael B
MB
Sneider
Donald S
DS
Collins
Daniel B
DB
Maloney
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome