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Spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistula
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  1. Ata Khan1,
  2. Simon Rajendran1,
  3. Chwanrow Baban1,
  4. Micheal Murphy2,
  5. Deirdre O’Hanlon3
  1. 1Department of Surgery, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
  2. 2Department of Radiology, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
  3. 3Department of General Surgery, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
  1. Correspondence to Dr Simon Rajendran, simonrajendran{at}gmail.com

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A 76-year-old man presented with right upper quadrant (RUQ) swelling (figure 1A). He required endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with sphincterotomy 6 months earlier but declined cholecystectomy. CT demonstrated a large gallstone protruding through the abdominal wall (figure 2B). He underwent open cholecystectomy. Histology showed chronic cholecystitis and a fistulous tract.

Figure 1

(A) Abdominal wall abscess in right upper quadrant. (B) Gallstone and …

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