Concurrent cholecystoduodenal fistula and primary aortoenteric fistula

Oxf Med Case Reports. 2021 Oct 26;2021(10):omab102. doi: 10.1093/omcr/omab102. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Abstract

Bilioenteric fistulae are a rare complication and can pose a diagnostic challenge owing to non-specific symptomology. When occurring with an aortoenteric fistula, it represents a rare and potentially life-threatening disease state. We present the case of a 77-year-old gentleman initially treated as presumed ascending cholangitis. This was complicated by upper gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to an aortoenteric fistula and cholecystoduodenal fistula.

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