Symptomatic ileocolic fistula as a complication of endoscopic laser therapy A case report
| Journal | Volume 65 - 2002 |
| Issue | Fasc.3 - Case reports |
| Author(s) | L. Bataille, R. Brenard, C.Descamps |
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| Gastroenterology Unit, Hospital St-Joseph, Gilly, Belgium. |
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Since 1973, laser photo therapy is used in the treatment of gas- trointestinal neoplasms as well as in various forms of intestinal hemorrhage. Complications including hemorrhage, stenosis and perforation are well documented but ileocolic fistulas after laser therapy for a villous adenoma have been rarely reported. We report the case of a patient with diarrhea related to an ileocecal fis- tula. This fistula appeared 1 year after laser therapy for a villous tumor of the cecum. (Acta gastroenterol. belg., 2002, 65, 176-178). |
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