A rare spontaneous enterocutaneous fistula

A 70-year-old woman presented with a short history of a spontaneous enterocutaneos fistula in the left inguinal region. A laparotomy revealed a fistulizing Richter's hernia. The fistulizing small bowel segment was resected and the femoral hernia repaired from below. Although rare, a complicatin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Weledji, Elroy P., Puepi, Marlene A., Chichom, Alain M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25391523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju121
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Sumario:A 70-year-old woman presented with a short history of a spontaneous enterocutaneos fistula in the left inguinal region. A laparotomy revealed a fistulizing Richter's hernia. The fistulizing small bowel segment was resected and the femoral hernia repaired from below. Although rare, a complicating Richter's hernia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a groin fistula.

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