title: [Giant diverticulum of the sigmoid colon with jejunal fistula].
abstract: An 80-year-old woman with sigmoïd diverticula was treated by corticosteroid for Horton disease. She presented abdominal pain, and abdominal mass in left iliac fossa. Radiological examinations revealed a colo-jejunal fistula. At laparotomy it was a giant diverticulum of colon sigmoid with fistula in the jejunum. The pathogeny of giant diverticulum and the role of corticosteroid are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie viscérale et transplantation, CHU Dupuytren de Limoges, 2, avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87100 Limoges cedex, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pech de Laclause
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durand-Fontanier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maisonnette
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lachachi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fabre
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valleix
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Descottes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D043963:Diverticulosis, Colonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Diverticule géant du côlon sigmoïde fistulisé dans le jejunum.