title: [Spontaneous gastrocolic fistula in stomach ulcer].
abstract: Spontaneous development of a gastrocolic fistula following a benign unoperated gastric ulcer is a rare complication. This complication seems to occur more frequently, however, as a side-effect of increased use of anti-inflammatory medication. A 61-year-old woman developed abdominal pain and diarrhoea, and lost weight, after several years of treatment with indomethacin. During diagnostic endoscopy the gastroscope unexpectedly passed to the transverse colon through a relatively large ulcerous gastrocolic fistula. The patient was successfully treated by en bloc resection of the stomach and transverse colon.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk avdeling, Buskerud sentralsykehus, Drammen.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lie
mesh_terms: D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Spontan gastrokolisk fistel ved ulcus ventriculi.