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Gastrocolic Fistula: A Rare Sequela of Colonic Adenocarcinoma

Authors: Samuel Harkin, Sivakumar Gananadha

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | Issue 12/2014

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The case presented is that of a 51-year-old female with a 3-month history of worsening weight loss, dyspepsia and episodes of intractable feculent vomiting. Her bowel motions were absent for the preceding 2 weeks following an episode of diarrhoea. Her medical co morbidity included longstanding hypertension. Surgical history was limited to three caesarean sections. Family history included anal cancer in her father and ovarian cancer in her mother. Physical examination revealed a vague fullness of the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. …

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Title: Gastrocolic Fistula: A Rare Sequela of Colonic Adenocarcinoma
Authors: Samuel Harkin
Sivakumar Gananadha
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery / Issue 12/2014
Print ISSN: 1091-255X
Electronic ISSN: 1873-4626
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-014-2665-3

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