Open AccessCOLODUODENAL FISTULA IN RIGHT COLORECTAL CANCER: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Author(s) -
Patricia Ciriano Hernández,
Carlos Martínez Pinedo,
Rafael Picón Rodríguez,
Elisa Jiménez Higuera,
Daniel Sánchez Peláez,
Ángel Fernández Camuñas,
Josh Cuevas Fernandez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical research and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-9031
pISSN - 2589-9023
DOI - 10.15520/jmrhs.v4i1.303
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , fistula , incidence (geometry) , concomitant , cancer , metastasis , general surgery , surgery , colorectal surgery , malnutrition , bowel obstruction , distant metastasis , gastroenterology , abdominal surgery , physics , optics
In spite of the high incidence of colorectal cancer, cases of right colon cancer presenting with local invasion are not common. This is even more infrequent if we focus on duodenal invasion and presence of duodenal fistula.
We present the case of a patient admitted to our hospital due to severe weight loss, malnutrition and bowel obstruction. The patient was diagnosed of advanced right colon cancer with coloduodenal fistula and concomitant liver metastasis. According to diagnosis, palliative surgery was performed