[Colo-hepatic fistula secondary to hydatid disease. Clinical case]

Rev Med Chil. 1991 Feb;119(2):181-2.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The fistulization of a hepatic hydatid cyst to the colon is a very rare complication and only two cases have been described in the medical literature. We report a 49 year-old male in whom this complication was suspected in the preoperative period. He was submitted to a cystotomy and colonic exteriorization. Recovery was uneventful.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Colonic Diseases / etiology*
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications*
  • Fistula / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology*
  • Liver Diseases / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged