Taylor, Roger and Opara, Nnennaya and Simmerman, Taylor (2022) Gallstone Ileus with Cholecystogastric Fistula in an Older Female. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 9 (4). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
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. However, there is still conflicting debate on how well to effectively manage patients with such a complex medical condition. We present a 70-year-old Caucasian female with complaints of intermittent dull non-radiating abdominal pain. Her pain started abruptly after breakfast. Patient took some acetaminophen which alleviated her symptom. Several days later, pains return but at this time it was associated with constipation. Patient’s primary care physician (PCP) suspected peptic ulcer disease, which was quickly ruled out following negative result of Helicobacter pylori breath test. The PCP advised patient to visit the emergency department for further investigations to rule out/in possible gallstone ileus causing intestinal obstruction, or Bouveret’s syndrome.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Peptic ulcer, gallstone ileus, cholecystogastric fistula, intestinal obstruction, Bouveret’s syndrome |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2022 09:41 |
| Last Modified: | 06 May 2022 09:41 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21855 |
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