1 Nov 2005Case Report
Duodeno-colecystic fistula, a rare complication of duodenal ulcer. A case report
Andrea Cavallaro 1Andrea Lauretta 1Achille Lizzio 1Marco Cavallaro 1Vincenzo Cavallaro 1
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Article Info
1 U.O. Chirurgia dell’Apparato Digerente, Azienda Policlinico Catania, Università degli studi di Catania.
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2005, 76(6), 573-576;
Published: 1 Nov 2005
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Abstract
AIM OF THE STUDY: There are several varieties of bilioenteric fistulae. The vast majority of fistulas result from chronic cholelitiasis disease. Other relatevely common causes are chronic duodenal ulcer disease, previous instrumentation to the biliary system, chronic bowel inflammatory disease, traumatism, infections. CASE REPORT: The case of a 58-year-old patient is reported in whom one of the rare complications of longstanding duodenal ulcer, the cholecystoduodenal fistula, has occurred. Main symptoms were rapid weight loss (20 kg/3 months), abdominal pain, dyspepsia, vomiting. Perivisceral peritonitis developed a tumefaction (diam: 5 cm) involving duodenum, pancreas, biliary tract and gallbladder. That finding closely simulated a neoplasm evaluating it by CT scan, US scan and even in explorative laparotomy: tumefaction was impossible to isolate, so a duodenocefalopancreasectomy was performed.
Keywords
- Bilioenteric fistula
- Cholecystenteric fistula
- Duodenal ulcer