Spontaneous Colo-Umbilical Fistula Complicating Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid Colon
Colocutaneous fistula caused by diverticulitis is relatively uncommon with colo-umbilical fistulas being even rarer. We herein report a rare case of a spontaneous colo-umbilical fistula due to diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon. The fistula developed from a diverticulum of the sigmoid colon that di...
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| description | Colocutaneous fistula caused by diverticulitis is relatively uncommon with colo-umbilical fistulas being even rarer. We herein report a rare case of a spontaneous colo-umbilical fistula due to diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon. The fistula developed from a diverticulum of the sigmoid colon that discharged through the umbilicus after two episodes of acute diverticulitis. The condition was successfully treated by resectional surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-96039780ba4c4c19ba8c3d9c72bb9f4d2025-02-03T05:58:45ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192013-01-01201310.1155/2013/925041925041Spontaneous Colo-Umbilical Fistula Complicating Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid ColonHelen Bolanaki0Georgios Kouklakis1Nikos Courcoutsakis2Panagoula Oikonomou3Anastasios J. Karayiannakis4Second Department of Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, 68 100 Alexandroupolis, GreeceEndoscopy Unit, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, 68 100 Alexandroupolis, GreeceDepartment of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, 68 100 Alexandroupolis, GreeceSecond Department of Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, 68 100 Alexandroupolis, GreeceSecond Department of Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, 68 100 Alexandroupolis, GreeceColocutaneous fistula caused by diverticulitis is relatively uncommon with colo-umbilical fistulas being even rarer. We herein report a rare case of a spontaneous colo-umbilical fistula due to diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon. The fistula developed from a diverticulum of the sigmoid colon that discharged through the umbilicus after two episodes of acute diverticulitis. The condition was successfully treated by resectional surgery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/925041 |
| spellingShingle | Helen Bolanaki Georgios Kouklakis Nikos Courcoutsakis Panagoula Oikonomou Anastasios J. Karayiannakis Spontaneous Colo-Umbilical Fistula Complicating Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid Colon Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Spontaneous Colo-Umbilical Fistula Complicating Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid Colon |
| title_full | Spontaneous Colo-Umbilical Fistula Complicating Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid Colon |
| title_fullStr | Spontaneous Colo-Umbilical Fistula Complicating Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid Colon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spontaneous Colo-Umbilical Fistula Complicating Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid Colon |
| title_short | Spontaneous Colo-Umbilical Fistula Complicating Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid Colon |
| title_sort | spontaneous colo umbilical fistula complicating diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/925041 |
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