Author:
Céspedes Rodríguez Héctor Alejandro,Raúl Fernández Pérez Raúl Fernández Pérez
Abstract
Malignant duodenocolic fistula in an unusual presentation internal fistula, whose main symptoms are abdominal pain, weight loss, halitosis, fecaloid vomiting and diarrhea. We report the case of a 79-year-old patient with diarrhea, fecaloid vomiting and significant weight loss, who is surgically intervened with the diagnosis of duodenocolic fistula, performing right hemicolectomy, partial duodenectomy, transverse duodenorphy as definitive treatment.
Subject
Materials Science (miscellaneous)
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