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Kastamonu University, Department of Radiology, Kastamonu, Turkey.
Diverticulitis complicated by colovenous fistula formation and pylephlebitis.
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January 2022
Department of Surgery, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, UK.
Acute diverticulitis is associated with a range of complications including fistula formation. Colovenous fistula formation, where there is a fistula between the inferior mesenteric vein and colon, is an extremely rare and serious complication of diverticulitis. Pylephlebitis, which is defined as infective suppurative thrombosis of the portal vein, is another uncommon complication of any intra-abdominal source of infection, including diverticulitis.
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Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium.
We report the case of a 59-year old man with portomesenteric venous gas (PMVG) due to inferior mesenteric vein fistulization caused by sigmoid diverticulitis with an unusual evolution. The patient initially presented with classic symptoms of lower abdominal pain and fever. Diagnosis of uncomplicated sigmoid diverticulitis was confirmed on computed tomography (CT) for which intravenous antibiotics were initiated.
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Orebro University Hospital, SE-70185, Orebro, Sweden.
Two cases presented at our hospital within 1 month with polymicrobial bacteraemia and gas within the liver shown on CT scan. Both transpired to have colovenous fistula due to diverticulitis. Because of our awareness of the first case, the colovenous fistula of the second case was identified rapidly.
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