Gastrocolic Fistula Management in a Pregnant Patient

Abdallah Qasim1, Haitam Buaisha2, Bader Abuhazeem1

  • 1Internal Medicine Department, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.

ACG Case Reports Journal
|September 22, 2021
PubMed

We present a case of a pregnant woman admitted for malnutrition secondary to a large gastrocolic fistula (GCF). She has a history of perforated duodenal ulcer that required surgical pyloroplasty 6 years ago. This fistula was diagnosed on the gastrointestinal barium series showing direct transit of barium from the stomach to the colon. An upper endoscopy showed a large gastrocolonic fistula with stool leaking to the stomach. Her nutrition was optimized, then she underwent surgical repair. GCF is suspected in the patient presenting with malnutrition with a history of intra-abdominal surgery.