title: Schistosomiasis as a cause of rectovaginal fistula: a brief case report.
abstract: A high rectovaginal fistula associated with schistosomiasis is reported in a 19-year-old Ethiopian woman. The case history is reviewed for clinical presentation, results of preoperative investigations, and operative and pathologic findings. Operative treatment consisted of a low anterior resection with division of the fistula and primary colorectal anastomosis. Histologic analysis confirmed that this rectovaginal fistula was caused by schistosomal eggs. Schistosomiasis is identified as a cause of high rectovaginal fistula, and may be managed effectively by low anterior resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kunin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bejar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eldar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012006:Rectovaginal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*