An Unusual Cause of Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: Gastrocolic Fistula Caused by Colon Cancer Invasion.
10.12701/yujm.2013.30.1.43
- Author:
Jeong Hyeon CHO
1
;
In Tae KIM
;
Jin Yi CHOI
;
Song Wook CHUN
;
Beo Deul KANG
;
Sang Kyun BAE
;
Hee Man KIM
;
Ji Sun SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea. eastin@kd.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Intestinal fistula;
Hematochezia;
Colon cancer
- MeSH:
Anemia;
Colon;
Colonic Neoplasms;
Diarrhea;
Epithelium;
Fatigue;
Fistula;
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage;
Hemorrhage;
Intestinal Fistula;
Stomach;
Weight Loss
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
2013;30(1):43-46
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Gastrocolic fistula is a fistulous communication between the stomach and the colon. It is a passage between the gastric epithelium and the colonic epithelium. This uncommon complication is caused by benign and malignant diseases of the stomach or the colon. Its clinical manifestations include weight loss, diarrhea and fecal vomiting; occasionally, anemia, poor oral intake, fatigue and dizziness; and very rarely, gastrointestinal bleeding. In this paper, an unusual case of gastrocolic fistula accompanied by hematochezia, which was revealed to have been caused by colon cancer invasion, is described.
