Spontaneous Cholecystocutaneous Fistula

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fístula colecistocutánea, colecistectomía, perforación

Abstract

Introduction: The incidence of cholecystocutaneous fistula has decreased due to the early surgical managment of patients with vesicular lithiasis.

Objective: To present a case of cholecystocutaneous fistula secondary to chronic lithiasic cholecystopathy.

Clinical case: An 87-year-old female patient was attended in the emergency surgical services after having suffered, two weeks earlier, pain in the right hypochondrium accompanied by progressive increase in volume in that region. Physical examination revealed spontaneous discharge of dark bile continuously through a fistulous orifice. The patient was decided to be taken to the operating room, where she was performed a profound infundibulum cholecystectomy and transcystic cholangiography, lithiasis being visualized. The next considered step was choledochotomy for stone extraction with bile duct lavage, and a T-tube was placed. Evolution was satisfactory.

Conclusions: The treatment combining surgery and antibiotic therapy is curative.

Keywords: cholecystocutaneous fistula; cholecystectomy; perforation.

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Author Biographies

Yusleidy Jiménez García, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río, Hospital General Docente Abel Santamaría Cuadrado. Pinar del Río

Especialista de I Grado en Cirugía General. Asistente e Investigador Agregado

Luisbel Correa Martínez, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río, Hospital General Docente Abel Santamaría Cuadrado. Pinar del Río,

Especialista de I Grado en Cirugía General. Asistente e Investigador Agregado

Diana Ivis Gámez Blanco, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río, Hospital General Docente Abel Santamaría Cuadrado. Pinar del Río,

Residente de 3er año de Cirugía General.

Letty Francés Angueira, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río, Hospital General Docente Abel Santamaría Cuadrado. Pinar del Río,

Especialista de I Grado en Cirugía General. Instructor

Published

2023-03-17

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Jiménez García Y, Correa Martínez L, Gámez Blanco DI, Francés Angueira L. Spontaneous Cholecystocutaneous Fistula. Rev. Cub. Cir. [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 17 [cited 2025 Jan. 18];61(4). Available from: https://revcirugia.sld.cu/index.php/cir/article/view/1188

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