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Case Reports
. 2024 Jan;164(1):349-351.
doi: 10.1002/ijgo.15122. Epub 2023 Sep 18.

An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: Case report of spontaneous uteroenteric fistula

Annie Apple  1 , Lakeisha Mulugeta-Gordon  1 , Kelly Zafman  1 , Kirstin Leitner  1
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An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: Case report of spontaneous uteroenteric fistula

Annie Apple et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2024 Jan.
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Keywords: complications of uterine fibroids; gynecologic surgery; leiomyoma; small bowel obstruction; uterine fibroids; uteroenteric fistulae.

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FIGURE 1
Selected magnetic resonance images with subserosal exophytic fundal fibroid visualized in the sagittal plane. (a) Uterus and exophytic fundal fibroid in the sagittal plan. (b) Arrow showing a fistulous tract between degenerating fibroid and small bowel.
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