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Case Reports
. 1983 Aug;59(694):536-8.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.59.694.536.

Fistulating duodenal diverticulum with associated vitamin B12 deficiency

Case Reports

Fistulating duodenal diverticulum with associated vitamin B12 deficiency

S Hughes et al. Postgrad Med J. 1983 Aug.

Abstract

A 72-year-old man with severe megaloblastic anaemia due to a benign duodeno-colic fistula originating from an antimesenteric duodenal diverticulum is described. Previous reports of fistulae from duodenal diverticula are reviewed.

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