title: Colouterine fistula with a foreign body.
abstract: Foreign bodies in vagina are known to have been inserted by the patient herself or by some other person; as an aid to masturbation, sexual intercourse or sexual assault. The two most common items retained in adult females are tampons and burst condoms. Since long, vaginal deliveries and Obstetric and Gynaecological interventions have been associated with vesicovaginal and rectovaginal fistulae. We present a case of a 24 years old Pakistani woman with a colouterine fistula. Although vesicouterine fistulae have rarely been reported previously, world-literature has only a few documented cases of colouterine fistula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. wkniazi@gmail.com
authors.forename: Aliya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: Sadia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arif
mesh_terms: D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult