Ileourethral fistula following cystectomy: a rare complication.
Fistulae between the urinary and intestinal tracts of adult male patients usually result from trauma, inflammatory diseases, necrosis and infiltration of a neoplasm of either the bladder, prostate or colon, or radiation therapy. We report 2 patients who developed an ileourethral fistula following cystectomy which had been performed for carcinoma of the bladder in 1 patient and leukoplakia of the bladder in the other. The diagnosis of an ileourethral fistula was established by retrograde urethrography and a barium follow-through study. Computed tomography performed in 1 patient showed a tumor mass in the pelvis.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*