title: Pelvic fistulas complicating pelvic surgery or diseases: spectrum of imaging findings.
abstract: Pelvic fistulas may result from obstetric complications, inflammatory bowel disease, pelvic malignancy, pelvic radiation therapy, pelvic surgery, or other traumatic causes, and their symptoms may be distressing. In our experience, various types of pelvic fistulas are identified after pelvic disease or pelvic surgery. Because of its close proximity, the majority of such fistulas occur in the pelvic cavity and include the vesicovaginal, vesicouterine, vesicoenteric, ureterovaginal, ureteroenteric and enterovaginal type. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the spectrum of imaging features of pelvic fistulas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Myung
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010388:Pelvis; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014624:Vaginal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology