[The debut of Crohn's disease as a gastrocolic fistula].
The case of a 66-year-old women admitted for the study of chronic diarrhea and an important deterioration in her general state is reported. Following the study undertaken the presence of a gastrocolic fistula was observed without clarifying the nature of the same thereby leading to surgical treatment. Anatomopathologic analysis confirmed the presence of a gastrocolic fistula in relation to Crohn's disease. The origin of these fistulas is usually neoplastic and the presentation as a complication of an inflammatory disease is very infrequent.
Pérez-Aisa
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Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Zaragoza.
López Zaborras
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Sáinz Samitier
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D000368:Aged; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications*