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Case Reports
. 2012 May;3(5):29.
doi: 10.1258/shorts.2011.011132. Epub 2012 May 11.

Rare presentation of primary coloduodenal fistula

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Case Reports

Rare presentation of primary coloduodenal fistula

Veronika Pronisceva et al. JRSM Short Rep. 2012 May.
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Figures

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Preoperative chest X-ray showed no abnormal features
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Preoperative abdominal X-ray showed no abnormal features
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Photo micrograph of the stenosed colonic segment. Circle-hypertrophic mucosal island (pseudo polyp), arrowhead-bifurcated crypt with distorted background crypt architecture, rectangle-thickening and muscularization of the submucosa with an incidental ruptured crypt
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Photo micrograph of the proximal normal colon for comparison
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Sagittal image of the preoperative CT scan, demonstrating inflamed duodenum and transverse colon with distinct tethering of the serosa
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Axial image of the preoperative CT scan, demonstrating inflamed duodenum and transverse colon with distinct tethering of the serosa
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Sagittal Image of the preoperative CT scan, demonstrating a small gas pocket (arrow) in between duodenum and transverse colon
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Image 8
Axial Image of the preoperative CT scan, demonstrating a small gas pocket (arrow) in between duodenum and transverse colon
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Preoperative CT scan Coronal Image, showing inflamed oedematous duodenum and transverse colon

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