Novel Iatrogenic Cause of Cholecystogastric Fistula

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. We present a case of an a...

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Autores principales: Alabd, Andrew, Dharbhamulla, Nikhita, Elfant, Adam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9045545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35494938
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23531
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description 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. We present a case of an adult patient with a history of percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) presenting with non-specific gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and found to have an iatrogenic CGF. The fistula is believed to be secondary to the PC tube. CGF from PC has not been described in the literature before.
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spelling pubmed-90455452022-04-28 Novel Iatrogenic Cause of Cholecystogastric Fistula Alabd, Andrew Dharbhamulla, Nikhita Elfant, Adam Cureus Internal Medicine 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. We present a case of an adult patient with a history of percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) presenting with non-specific gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and found to have an iatrogenic CGF. The fistula is believed to be secondary to the PC tube. CGF from PC has not been described in the literature before. Cureus 2022-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9045545/ /pubmed/35494938 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23531 Text en Copyright © 2022, Alabd et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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