Open AccessTubo-Sigmoid Fistula Secondary to Perforated Appendicitis
Author(s) -
Abbas Rahimi,
Ahmad Reza Rasekhi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
archives of clinical and experimental surgery (aces)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2146-8133
DOI - 10.5455/aces.20121006092957
Subject(s) - medicine , sigmoid function , fistula , general surgery , appendicitis , radiology , artificial intelligence , computer science , artificial neural network
Infection and inflammation of organs adjacent to the gastrointestinal tract may cause a pathological connection. In this report, complicated appendicitis caused protrusion of the right ovary and tube into the sigmoid colon of a 40-year-old woman. The mass, appearing as a polypoid lesion during colonoscopy, caused abdominal pain and bleeding and proved to be right adnexa pathologically. [Arch Clin Exp Surg 2013; 2(2.000): 132-135
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