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Gallstone Ileus with Cholecystogastric Fistula in an Older Female [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022 Cholecystogastric fistulas are a rare but life-threatening complication of cholelithiasis. This medical condition has been explained in detail in several cases in the medical literature.
Roger Taylor +2 more
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Computed tomography demonstration of cholecystogastric fistula [PDF]
Radiology Case Reports, 2016 Cholecystogastric fistula is a rare complication of chronic cholecystitis or long-standing cholelithiasis. It results from the gradual erosion of the approximated, chronically inflamed wall of the gall bladder and stomach with fistulous tract formation ...
Chung Kuao Chou, MD, MPH
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Cholecystogastric fistula: a brief report and review of the literature. [PDF]
J Surg Case Rep, 2013 Cholecystogastric fistula is a rare, life-threatening complication of cholelithiasis that presents a difficult challenge to the surgeon when it occurs in elderly and co-morbid patients.
Boland MR +3 more
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Novel Iatrogenic Cause of Cholecystogastric Fistula. [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Cholecystogastric fistula (CGF) is a rare, abnormal communication between the gallbladder and the stomach that can be identified on abdominal computed tomography (CT) and confirmed via endoscopy. CGFs are not usually problematic. However, they can cause fatal complications.
Alabd A, Dharbhamulla N, Elfant A.
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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2021 Cholecystoenteric fistulas are rare complications of cholelithiasis, with cholecystogastric fistulas (CGFs) being the rarest. Recommended treatment is surgery; however, select asymptomatic patients can be managed conservatively. The population frequently
Sunil Kumar Nayak +3 more
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Double Incomplete Internal Biliary Fistula: Coexisting Cholecystogastric and Cholecystoduodenal Fistula [PDF]
Case Reports in Surgery, 2016 Internal biliary fistula is a rare complication of a common surgical disease, cholelithiasis. It is seen in 0.74% of all biliary tract surgeries and is thought to be a result of repeated inflammatory periods of the gallbladder.
Kemal Beksac +2 more
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Endoscopic Diagnosis of Cholecystogastric Fistula [PDF]
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2018 Biliary fistulas occur in 3%–5% of patients with gallstones. Duodenum is the most common site of fistulation. We report a case of elderly female with chronic calculous cholecystitis complicated by cholecystogastric fistula.
Vishal Bodh, Rajesh Sharma, Brij Sharma
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Two Anomalies in One: A Rare Case of an Intrahepatic Gallbladder with a Cholecystogastric Fistula [PDF]
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2017 The gallbladder can be situated in a variety of anomalous positions. An intrahepatic gallbladder – the second most common ectopic location of the gallbladder – is one that is completely embedded within the liver parenchyma. Described in the literature as
Mohammad F. Ali +2 more
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Cholecystogastric fistula in Bouveret syndrome: Case report and literature review. [PDF]
Int J Surg Case Rep, 2022 Cholelithiasis is the benign bile pathology with major prevalence. A rare condition has been described, when a stone migrates through the duodenum causing small bowel obstruction (SBO), it's known as Bouveret syndrome, and it's attributed to almost 5% of SBO. Just 2% of the cases present with the migration of the stone through a fistula between gastric
Rey Chaves CE +5 more
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Laparoscopic management of combined cholecystogastric and cholecystocolonic fistulae. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2023 Cholecystogastric and cholecystocolonic fistulae are rare sequelae of longstanding cholelithiasis and can complicate surgical management. Our case involves a male patient in his early 40s with a history of chronic cholelithiasis who presented to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain.
Zhu C, Zeitouni F, Vaughan J, Santos AP.
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