title: Spontaneous colo-umbilical fistula complicating diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon.
abstract: Colocutaneous fistula caused by diverticulitis is relatively uncommon with colo-umbilical fistulas being even rarer. We herein report a rare case of a spontaneous colo-umbilical fistula due to diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon. The fistula developed from a diverticulum of the sigmoid colon that discharged through the umbilicus after two episodes of acute diverticulitis. The condition was successfully treated by resectional surgery.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, 68 100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bolanaki
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kouklakis
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Courcoutsakis
authors.forename: Panagoula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oikonomou
authors.forename: Anastasios J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Karayiannakis