title: [An appendiceal-vesical fistula in a patient with cystic fibrosis].
abstract: Cystic fibrosis is an hereditary disease in which abnormally viscous secretion of exocrine glands causes chronic pulmonary infections and gastrointestinal disorders. The authors report the case of a patient with cystic fibrosis and appendicitis complicated by appendico-vesical fistula. The appendico-vesical fistula has been described during appendicitis; its association with the cystic fibrosis however has never been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Istituto I Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ziparo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bocchetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balducci
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Giacomo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mercantini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucandri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antonelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Canuzzi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Fistola appendico-vescicale in un malato di fibrosi cistica.