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Case Reports
. 2014 Nov;20(6):511-2.
doi: 10.5152/dir.2014.14177.

Delayed failure of rectovaginal fistula embolization with Amplatzer vascular plug 2

Özgür Kılıçkesmez  1 , Cağatay Andıç, Levent Oğuzkurt
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Case Reports

Delayed failure of rectovaginal fistula embolization with Amplatzer vascular plug 2

Özgür Kılıçkesmez et al. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2014 Nov.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1. a–d.
Figure 1. a–d.
Lateral iodinated contrast study of the colon (a) demonstrates the passage of contrast material from the rectum to vagina through a fistulous tract. Treatment begins with the passage of the wire through the fistula (b). Panel (c) shows catheterization of the fistula tract. Repeat colonography (d) confirms position before deployment of a 12 mm Amplatzer Vascular Plug in the rectovaginal fistula tract.
Figure 2. a,b.
Figure 2. a,b.
Lateral x-ray image (a) shows the plug in the expected position in the first month follow-up of the patient. Control colonography (b) confirms the unchanged position of the plug and healed fistulous tract.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Contrast-injected lateral colonography performed at the third month reveals the loss of the plug and a recently developed presacral blind-ended fistulous tract.
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