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Ileo-abdominal wall fistula caused by diverticulum of the ileum
N Eriguchi1, S Aoyagi, T Nakayama
1Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
Journal of Gastroenterology
|May 30, 1998
Abstract:
We report a very rare case of ileo-abdominal fistula caused by penetration of the ileal diverticulum. Small bowel diverticulosis is generally considered to be an innocuous condition. In this report, we describe a case of ileal diverticulitis associated with an abdominal wall abscess.