Pancreatico-colonic fistula after acute necrotizing pancreatitis. Diagnosis with spiral CT using rectal water soluble contrast media.

CONTEXT: Colonic complications are rare but lethal events in acute pancreatitis. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 42-year-old man who suffered from a pancreatico-colonic fistula following a necrosectomy for severe pancreatitis; the fistula was demonstrated by spiral computed tomography using rectal water soluble contrast media. CONCLUSION: Computed tomography with rectal contrast detects pancreatico-colonic fistulas



JOP. 2008 Jan 8;9(1):26-9.

T?ney D, Altun E, Barlas A, Yegen C.

Department of Radiology, Marmara University Medical Faculty. Istanbul, Turkey.