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Utero-cutaneous fistula following caesarean section
Senthil Coumary1, Indira Galidevara2, Venna Naga Daliya3
1Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India.
A multiparous woman in her 20s, presented to the clinic with bleeding from caesarean scar site. After clinical examination and radiological evaluation with ultrasound and MR fistulogram, the diagnosis was utero-cutaneous fistula. Complete resection of fistulous tract with uterine defect closure and supportive omental patch placement was done after an intraoperative demonstration of the utero-cutaneous fistula by injecting methylene blue dye. Utero-cutaneous fistula is a rare complication after caesarean section. Cyclical bleeding from an abnormal opening in previous caesarean scar site is the classical presentation of this condition.
A multiparous woman in her 20s, presented to the clinic with bleeding from caesarean scar site. After clinical examination and radiological evaluation with ultrasound and MR fistulogram, the diagnosis was utero-cutaneous fistula. Complete resection of fistulous tract with uterine defect closure and supportive omental patch placement was done after an intraoperative demonstration of the utero-cutaneous fistula by injecting methylene blue dye. Utero-cutaneous fistula is a rare complication after caesarean section. Cyclical bleeding from an abnormal opening in previous caesarean scar site is the classical presentation of this condition.
