Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Surgery, Hospital Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Asian J Surg, 2006 Jan;29(1):55-7.
PMID: 16428103

Abstract

The duodenum is the most common site of cholecystoenteric fistulation resulting from cholecystitis or empyema of the gallbladder. This rare condition is usually only diagnosed intraoperatively and managed incidentally. This paper presents the endoscopic diagnosis of a case of cholecystoduodenal fistula arising from the late presentation of empyema of the gallbladder and its subsequent drainage through the fistula. As far as we can determine, this is the only reported case of opportunistic drainage of an empyema of the gallbladder through a concurrent cholecystoduodenal fistula.

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