Colouterine Fistula Secondary to Endometriosis With Associated Chorioamnionitis

Vathany Sriganeshan, Irvin H Willis, Irvin Willis, Luis A Zarate, Luis Augusto Zarate, Lydia Howard, Morton J Robinson
Obstetrics and gynecology · 2006 · vol. 107(Supplement) , pp. 451–453 · doi:10.1097/01.aog.0000168443.22820.2e · PMID:16449145 · W2049387588
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This case study describes a rare colouterine fistula caused by intestinal endometriosis in a pregnant patient, presenting with an acute abdomen, pelvic sepsis, and associated chorioamnionitis.

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In Brief BACKGROUND: Intestinal endometriosis may be complicated by bowel obstruction, colonic rupture, sepsis, and rarely, malignant transformation. Fistula formation is extremely rare. CASE: A 26-year-old woman presented at 16 weeks of gestation with an acute abdomen suggestive of ruptured appendicitis. Blood cultures were positive for Bacteroides fragilis. At laparotomy, she was found to have a colouterine fistula with pelvic sepsis. The resected specimens demonstrated extensive uterine adenomyosis and endometriosis of the cecum, with a fistulous tract lined by endometriosis and suppurative inflammation extending from the cecum to the uterine endometrial cavity associated with severe chorioamnionitis and endomyometritis. CONCLUSION: This case illustrates a rare complication of colouterine fistula secondary to intestinal endometriosis. We report a patient with a unique complication of pregnancy secondary to a colouterine fistula in an area of endometriosis with associated acute chorioamnionitis.

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mesh:D004715endometriosisadenomyosis

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Cecal Diseases Chorioamnionitis Colonic Diseases Endometriosis Fistula Intestinal Fistula Uterine Diseases Adult Cecal Diseases Colonic Diseases Endometriosis Female Fistula Humans Intestinal Fistula Pregnancy Uterine Diseases

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