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Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Intestinal Diseases > Intestinal Fistula
Digestive System Diseases > Digestive System Fistula > Intestinal Fistula
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathological Conditions, Anatomical > Fistula > Digestive System Fistula > Intestinal Fistula

Preferred term

Intestinal Fistula  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Cholecystoduodenal Fistula
  • Colovesical Fistula
  • Enterocutaneous Fistula
  • Fistula, Cholecystoduodenal
  • Fistula, Colovesical
  • Fistula, Enterocutaneous

Note

  • fistula policy: Manual 23.19+; RECTAL FISTULA & RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA are also available; pathological artificial anus in historical literature is indexed here or under its specifics; surgically created artificial anus is indexed under COLOSTOMY

Scope note

  • An abnormal anatomical passage between the INTESTINE, and another segment of the intestine or other organs. External intestinal fistula is connected to the SKIN (enterocutaneous fistula). Internal intestinal fistula can be connected to a number of organs, such as STOMACH (gastrocolic fistula), the BILIARY TRACT (cholecystoduodenal fistula), or the URINARY BLADDER of the URINARY TRACT (colovesical fistula). Risk factors include inflammatory processes, cancer, radiation treatment, and surgical misadventures (MEDICAL ERRORS).

In other languages

  • suolifisteli

    Finnish

  • fistula intestinalis
  • fistula intestini
  • ohutsuolen fisteli
  • ohutsuolifisteli
  • suolen fisteli
  • suolistofisteli
  • suoliston fisteli
  • Tarmfistel

    Swedish

  • Enterokutan fistel
  • Kolecystoduodenal fistel
  • Kolovesikal fistel

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007412

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