Patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) have higher rates of mortality than the general population. They have a higher risk of death from respiratory disease, gastrointestinal disease and trauma. Depending on the type of OI, they can live well into their seventies 1.
The patient was found to have a large gallstone obstructing the common bile duct. The duct was temporarily stented by ERCP and she was transferred to the ICU for recovery.