[Giant diverticulum of the sigmoid colon with jejunal fistula].
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.
Pech de Laclause
B
B
Service de chirurgie viscérale et transplantation, CHU Dupuytren de Limoges, 2, avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87100 Limoges cedex, France.
Abita
T
T
Durand-Fontanier
S
S
Maisonnette
F
F
Lachachi
F
F
Fabre
A
A
Valleix
D
D
Descottes
B
B
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
Diverticule géant du côlon sigmoïde fistulisé dans le jejunum.