Cholecystocolonic Fistulas from Diverticulosis: A Potentially Missable Cause of Liver Abscesses
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Ben Warner; Terry Wong; Philip Berry
- Source
- Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, Vol 2016 (2016)
- Subject
- Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
RC799-869
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2090-6528
2090-6536
Cholecystocolonic fistulas (CCF) due to colonic diverticulosis are a rare cause of liver abscesses. It is even rarer to simultaneously have choledocholithiasis, another cause for liver abscesses. In this case report, we found both pathologies and emphasise the need to study cholangiograms carefully so as not to miss alternative diagnoses.