INTRODUCTION Colouterine fistula is a very rare condition; most cases described in the literature are secondary to complications of diverticulitis in elderly patients. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 34-year-old African woman who presented with a colouterine fistula secondary to polymyomectomy, which was diagnosed in the setting of severe endometritis. She had a Hartmann procedure a...

Colouterine fistula is an extremely rare condition because the uterus is a thick, muscular organ. Here, we present a case of a colouterine fistula secondary to colonic diverticulitis. An 81-year-old woman was referred to the emergency department with abdominal pain and vaginal discharge. Computed tomography showed a myometrial abscess cavity in the uterus adherent to the thick sigmoid wall. Upo...

Foreign bodies in vagina are known to have been inserted by the patient herself or by some other person; as an aid to masturbation, sexual intercourse or sexual assault. The two most common items retained in adult females are tampons and burst condoms. Since long, vaginal deliveries and Obstetric and Gynaecological interventions have been associated with vesicovaginal and rectovaginal fistulae....

Abstract Currently, the intrauterine device (IUD) is one of most used contraceptive methods worldwide, since it has shown to be effective and reversible. One its complications migration device, which can affect close organs by perforating them. We present case a patient who presented colouterine fistula secondary an IUD migration.

a 78-year-old woman with a history of colon cancer with metastasis to the liver was presented to our emergency department because of bilateral groin pain and difficulty in walking, which had gradually increased during the previous 5 days. the pain was of sudden onset, radiating to the back, without aggravating or relieving factors. it was associated with constipation, dysuria and vaginal discha...

In most cases Colovesical fistulae are complications of diverticular disease and representing the most common kind of colodigestive fistula; less common are colovaginal, colocutaneous, coloenteric and colouterine fistula. In this article we review the literature concerning colovesical fistulae in colorectal surgery for sigmoid diverticulitis and report on two cases that required a surgical trea...