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PubMed2003

Endoscopic clipping of a colocutaneous fistula following necrotizing pancreatitis: case report.

The case described here is of a 73-year-old male patient who developed a colocutaneous fistula following necrotizing pancreatitis, diagnosed by imaging and treated endoscopically by the application of an endoclip. Pancreatic and gastrointestinal fistulas, common complications of surgery for necrotizing pancreatitis, frequently require surgical treatment. Colonic perforations are the most difficult to treat surgically on account of the risk of peritonitis. A technique, namely, endoscopic clips application, has recently been developed to close anastomotic leakages and perforations of the oesophagus, stomach and colon. In the patient described here, endoscopic repair was technically easy and the good result was confirmed within a few days. In order to repair colonic fistulas following pancreatitis, application of endoclips could, in our opinion, provide a useful therapeutic option, feasible in selected patients.

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PubMed2003

Bile duct-duodenal fistula caused by AIDS/HIV-associated tuberculosis.

Although infrequent, digestive fistulae in HIV/AIDS patients have been reported throughout the digestive tract from the esophagus to the anus, with predominance of esophageal fistulae. AIDS/HIV-associated opportunistic infections may invade the digestive system and lead to fistula formation. Tuberculosis is the most common infection associated with these esophageal fistulae. We report here one case of bile duct-duodenal fistula in a female AIDS patient with associated abdominal Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection compromising lymph nodes of the hepatic pedicle where the fistula was found. According to the reviewed literature, this is the third case of bile duct-duodenal fistula associated with abdominal tuberculosis in AIDS patient, and the first where both the fistula and the tuberculosis infection were diagnosed at laparotomy for acute abdomen. Whether the AIDS patient with abdominal pain needs or not a laparotomy to treat an infectious disease is often a difficult matter for the surgeon to decide, as most of the times appropriate medical treatment will bring more benefit.

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PubMed1979

[Bouveret's syndrome. Two new cases (author's transl)].

Pyloro-duodenal obstruction by a gall-stone which has passed through a bilio-digestive fistula (Bouveret's syndrome) is rare. The authors report two cases. The clinical picture is that of pyloric obstruction. The diagnosis, suspected on barium meal, is today confirmed by fibre endoscopy. The treatment is fairly simple: cholecystectomy, removal of the gall stone, closure of the fistula; the prognosis depends on the general context.

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