Patient: Female, 29 Final Diagnosis: Choledocho-duodenal fistula Symptoms: Abdominal pain • nausea • vomiting Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Gastro-jejunostomy • hepatico-jejunostomy Specialty: Surgery Objective: Rare co-existance of disease or pathology Background: Choledochoduodenal fistula is an uncommon complication secondary to peptic ulcer disease. Determining this diagnosis is challenging especially when confronted with unspecific physical and radiological findings. Case Report: Here we report a case of a 29-year-old Ethiopian female who presented to Geitaoui University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon with epigastric pain and was diagnosed to have of choledochoduodenal fistula. Conclusions: Choledochoduodenal fistula is a rare complication of duodenal ulcer and this case report may help clinicians to identify suspected cases of this entity with similar presentations.
Choledochoduodenal Fistula Secondary to Peptic Ulcer Disease: A Case Report
Antoine Kachi,M. Kanj,Charif Khaled,C. Nassar,Charbel Bou Rached,Alaa Kansoun
Published 2019 in The American journal of case reports
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2019
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The American journal of case reports
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2019-03-27
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Medicine
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