[Acute appendicitis with appendiculo-colonic fistula]

Acute appendicitis with fixation of the appendix tip to the various parenchymatous viscera, such as the liver, the kidney, the ovary, etc., is rather frequent Fixation of the apical are of the appendix to cavitary organs, and development of fistulae is however rare. A case is presented, of an appendiculo-colic fistula that developed as a result of previous inflammatory processes. Such a case has not been presented before in the literature investigated by the author. The surgical solution consisted in appendicectomy with bipolar closure of the two appendicular stumps.