Chronic sigmoid diverticulitis causing tubo-ovarian abscess and colo-uterine fistula
Phelopatir Anthony, Tracey Edwards, Nagy Andrawis · 2023
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Phelopatir Anthony, Tracey Edwards, and Nagy Andrawis report a complication of bowel disease that appears to be unrecorded until now. A 68-year-old woman came to hospital with a month of mild pain in her lower left belly, and scans showed inflamed pouches in her sigmoid colon. Later scans, though, showed a growing mass in the same area, stuck fast to the colon.
Keyhole surgery revealed the truth: an abscess on her left ovary and tube that had bored through into both the womb and the colon, forming a rare channel between colon and uterus. Surgeons removed the sigmoid colon and the uterus through open surgery, and she recovered without trouble. The authors stress how misleading such a case can look on scans, and how careful surgical judgment clears it up.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Phelopatir Anthony, Tracey Edwards, Nagy Andrawis |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |