Malignant duodenocolic fistula: a case report

Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei). 1993 Sep;52(3):207-10.

Abstract

A 65 year-old female presented with diarrhea, body weight loss, malnutrition, elevated serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and electrolyte disturbances. A series of examinations showed colon cancer with a malignant duodenocolic fistula. Patient received extended right hemicolectomy with wide local excision of the duodenum (en bloc resection of the tumor). Recovery was smooth without local recurrence or metastasis after a six-month follow-up. Wide en bloc resection provides the only hope of cure in such cases. Treatment with extended right hemicolectomy with Whipple's procedure, or extended right hemicolectomy with extended local wide excision of duodenum, should be chosen, depending upon the extent of tumor invasion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Colonic Diseases / etiology*
  • Colonic Diseases / surgery
  • Colonic Neoplasms / complications*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Colonic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Duodenal Diseases / etiology*
  • Duodenal Diseases / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology*
  • Intestinal Fistula / surgery