A RARE OCCURRENCE OF CHOLECYSTOGASTRIC FISTULA MIMICKING PERFORATED PEPTIC ULCER SYMPTOMS

Kasra Shirini; Hossein Torabi; Rona Ghaffari; Dorsa Shirini; Siavosh Katebi

doi:10.33695/rojes.v4i2.65

Kasra Shirini Department of general surgery, Iran University of Medical science, Tehran, Iran
Hossein Torabi General Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, Poursina Medical and Educational Center,Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Guilan, Iran
Rona Ghaffari MD, Gulian University of Medical Science, Iran
Dorsa Shirini Cardiovascular research center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Siavosh Katebi MD, Department of general surgery, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33695/rojes.v4i2.65

Keywords: Cholecystogastric fistula, Cholecystoenteric fistula, Cholecystitis, Bile duct, Abdominal pain

Abstract

Cholecystogastric fistula is one of the rarest and most life-threatening complications of gallbladder stone disease. This disease can mimic other diseases, such as perforated peptic ulcers, and is too hard to be diagnosed preoperatively. This article presents a patient with cholecystogastric fistula presentation as a peptic ulcer disease. This article presents a 58-year-old man with the presentation of abdominal pain and acute cholecystitis symptoms mimicking perforated peptic ulcer during hospitalization. Clinical examination and imaging confirmed the diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease. Laparotomy revealed that the disease was a simultaneous gallbladder stone disease, which led to acute cholecystitis following cholecystogastric fistula. Cholecystogastric fistula should be considered a significant differential diagnosis in patients with abdominal pain and cholecystitis symptoms.

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