Malignant duodenocolic fistula as a form of presentation of right colon cancer. Case report
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology: Open Access
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Héctor Alejandro Céspedes Rodríguez, Raúl Fernández Pérez
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Abstract
Malignant duodenocolic fistula in an unusual presentation internal fistula, whose main symptoms are abdominal pain, weight loss, halitosis, fecaloid vomiting and diarrhea. We report the case of a 79-year-old patient with diarrhea, fecaloid vomiting and significant weight loss, who is surgically intervened with the diagnosis of duodenocolic fistula, performing right hemicolectomy, partial duodenectomy, transverse duodenorphy as definitive treatment.
Keywords
duodenocolic, malignant fistula, fecaloid vomiting