Fecopneumothorax and colopleural fistula – uncommon complications of Crohn's disease

BACKGROUND: Colopleural fistula and fecopneumothorax are very rare complications of Crohn's disease. Fistula formation is frequent in Crohn's disease and occurs in approximately 33% of patients. On the other hand, fistulous communication between the pleural cavity and adjacent organs below...

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Autores principales: Barišiæ, G, Krivokapiæ, Z, Adžiæ, T, Pavloviæ, A, Popoviæ, M, Gojniæ, M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16756646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-6-17
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author Barišiæ, G
Krivokapiæ, Z
Adžiæ, T
Pavloviæ, A
Popoviæ, M
Gojniæ, M
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Krivokapiæ, Z
Adžiæ, T
Pavloviæ, A
Popoviæ, M
Gojniæ, M
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description BACKGROUND: Colopleural fistula and fecopneumothorax are very rare complications of Crohn's disease. Fistula formation is frequent in Crohn's disease and occurs in approximately 33% of patients. On the other hand, fistulous communication between the pleural cavity and adjacent organs below the diaphragm is extremely rare. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of 27 year-old female with colopleural fistula as a complication of Crohn's disease. The diagnosis was established with clinical exam, barium enema, chest X-ray, abdominal and chest CT exam. The treatment was surgical. CONCLUSION: Colopleural fistula and fecopneumothorax are rare but life treating complications of Crohn's disease. Surgical treatment is mandatory as soon as the diagnosis is established.
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spelling pubmed-15504112006-08-18 Fecopneumothorax and colopleural fistula – uncommon complications of Crohn's disease Barišiæ, G Krivokapiæ, Z Adžiæ, T Pavloviæ, A Popoviæ, M Gojniæ, M BMC Gastroenterol Case Report BACKGROUND: Colopleural fistula and fecopneumothorax are very rare complications of Crohn's disease. Fistula formation is frequent in Crohn's disease and occurs in approximately 33% of patients. On the other hand, fistulous communication between the pleural cavity and adjacent organs below the diaphragm is extremely rare. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of 27 year-old female with colopleural fistula as a complication of Crohn's disease. The diagnosis was established with clinical exam, barium enema, chest X-ray, abdominal and chest CT exam. The treatment was surgical. CONCLUSION: Colopleural fistula and fecopneumothorax are rare but life treating complications of Crohn's disease. Surgical treatment is mandatory as soon as the diagnosis is established. BioMed Central 2006-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC1550411/ /pubmed/16756646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-6-17 Text en Copyright © 2006 Barišiæ et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Barišiæ, G
Krivokapiæ, Z
Adžiæ, T
Pavloviæ, A
Popoviæ, M
Gojniæ, M
Fecopneumothorax and colopleural fistula – uncommon complications of Crohn's disease
title Fecopneumothorax and colopleural fistula – uncommon complications of Crohn's disease
title_full Fecopneumothorax and colopleural fistula – uncommon complications of Crohn's disease
title_fullStr Fecopneumothorax and colopleural fistula – uncommon complications of Crohn's disease
title_full_unstemmed Fecopneumothorax and colopleural fistula – uncommon complications of Crohn's disease
title_short Fecopneumothorax and colopleural fistula – uncommon complications of Crohn's disease
title_sort fecopneumothorax and colopleural fistula – uncommon complications of crohn's disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16756646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-6-17
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