Ovarian tumor complicated by a colo-ovarian fistula
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- Published online on: November 1, 1997 https://doi.org/10.3892/or.4.6.1277
- Pages: 1277-1279
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Abstract
Although a fistula is a rare complication of ovarian tumor, we encountered four patients with cole-ovarian fistulas in three years. The first case was demonstrated by following barium enema by the extravasation of barium from the sigmoid colon, and by a gas-containing lesion in the tumor observed on computed tomography. Mature cystic teratoma was the pathological diagnosis in two cases. A mixed germ cell tumor and a serous cystadenoma of low malignant potential were diagnosed in the other two cases. The etiology and differential diagnosis of cole-ovarian fistula are reviewed.