Year 2022 / Volume 114 / Number 12
Letter
A “window” in the duodenal bulb: an atypical presentation of chronic cholecystitis

771-772

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.9174/2022

André Mascarenhas, Liliana Carvalho, Ana Rita Franco, Raquel Mendes, Pedro Barreiro,

Abstract
A 74-year-old male presented with melena and fatigue, without fever or abdominal pain. Laboratory examination revealed anemia, leukocytosis, elevated C-reactive protein levels and conjugated hyperbilirubinemia with elevated liver enzymes. Upper endoscopy identified blood in the stomach and duodenum and a 6 mm hole in the anterosuperior surface of the duodenal bulb with spontaneous drainage of a bloody brownish content. The mucosa surrounding the hole was normal and there was a discrete mucosal flap that throbbed with air insufflation. Abdominal computed tomography identified a fistulous tract between the duodenal bulb and the gallbladder with a 2 mm caliber, suggesting a cholecystoduodenal fistula. Diagnosis is often difficult because symptoms are nonspecific and variable but gastrointestinal bleeding is a rare clinical presentation.
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Publication history

Received: 31/08/2022

Accepted: 02/09/2022

Online First: 23/09/2022

Published: 12/12/2022

Article Online First time: 23 days

Article editing time: 103 days


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