Acquired vesicocolonic fistula in a child: a complication in management of a neurogenic bladder.
A 6-year-old girl with meningomyelocele and a neurogenic bladder was managed with clean intermittent catheterization. After 3 months she developed a vesicocolonic fistula, demonstrated on cystography. This is the first such complication reported since this type of management was popularized.
D002648:Child; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*