Different etiologies of an unusual disease: Colouterine fistula – Report of two cases
Colouterine fistula is an extremely rare condition, as the uterus is a thick, muscular organ. Here, we present two different etiologies for this rare condition—diverticulitis and malignancy. A 77-year-old female with colouterine fistula due to diverticulitis presented with complaints of lower abdomi...
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| description | Colouterine fistula is an extremely rare condition, as the uterus is a thick, muscular organ. Here, we present two different etiologies for this rare condition—diverticulitis and malignancy. A 77-year-old female with colouterine fistula due to diverticulitis presented with complaints of lower abdominal pain localized particularly in the left iliac fossa and fever. Another case was of 73-year-old female with colouterine fistula due to malignancy who presented with abdominal pain, blood in stools, and whitish discharge from vagina. Both cases were evaluated with contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT). The presence of air and fluid within the uterus on ultrasound or CT scan, prompts the possibility of colouterine fistula with CECT providing accurate preoperative assessment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d438efb19069405199f18afc2ed10a572022-12-21T19:52:31ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging0971-30261998-38082018-01-012801374010.4103/ijri.IJRI_172_17Different etiologies of an unusual disease: Colouterine fistula – Report of two casesRohit Aggarwal0Venkatraman Indiran1Prabakaran Maduraimuthu2Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaColouterine fistula is an extremely rare condition, as the uterus is a thick, muscular organ. Here, we present two different etiologies for this rare condition—diverticulitis and malignancy. A 77-year-old female with colouterine fistula due to diverticulitis presented with complaints of lower abdominal pain localized particularly in the left iliac fossa and fever. Another case was of 73-year-old female with colouterine fistula due to malignancy who presented with abdominal pain, blood in stools, and whitish discharge from vagina. Both cases were evaluated with contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT). The presence of air and fluid within the uterus on ultrasound or CT scan, prompts the possibility of colouterine fistula with CECT providing accurate preoperative assessment.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ijri.IJRI_172_17colondiverticulitisfistulamalignancyuterus |
| spellingShingle | Rohit Aggarwal Venkatraman Indiran Prabakaran Maduraimuthu Different etiologies of an unusual disease: Colouterine fistula – Report of two cases Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging colon diverticulitis fistula malignancy uterus |
| title | Different etiologies of an unusual disease: Colouterine fistula – Report of two cases |
| title_full | Different etiologies of an unusual disease: Colouterine fistula – Report of two cases |
| title_fullStr | Different etiologies of an unusual disease: Colouterine fistula – Report of two cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Different etiologies of an unusual disease: Colouterine fistula – Report of two cases |
| title_short | Different etiologies of an unusual disease: Colouterine fistula – Report of two cases |
| title_sort | different etiologies of an unusual disease colouterine fistula report of two cases |
| topic | colon diverticulitis fistula malignancy uterus |
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