Publikation

When a colonoscopy becomes a duodenoscopy: a palliative treatment of a malignant sigmoidoduodenal fistula

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 24.05.2013

Bereiche
PubMed
DOI

Zitation
Huber X, Droeser R, Bernsmeier C, Kirchhoff P. When a colonoscopy becomes a duodenoscopy: a palliative treatment of a malignant sigmoidoduodenal fistula. BMJ Case Rep 2013; 2013
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
BMJ Case Rep 2013; 2013
Veröffentlichungsdatum
24.05.2013
eISSN (Online)
1757-790X
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

We report a case of a 63-year-old female patient suffering from cachexy, anaemia and intractable chronic diarrhoea. As an underlying disease, we found a malignant sigmoidoduodenal fistula of a primary adenocarcinoma of the sigma which represents a rare complication of a frequent disease. Despite the theoretical need for a pancreaticoduodenectomy, only a multivisceral en-bloc resection of the small intestine and left adnexa was performed because of bad general and nutritional condition; this case illustrates a successful multimodal treatment with a palliative intention of a locally advanced colon cancer to alleviate clinical symptoms. The further decourse with the fast development of hepatic metastases confirmed this decision.