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Descriptor English: Intestinal Fistula
Descriptor Spanish: Fístula Intestinal
Descriptor fístula intestinal
Scope note: Comunicación anatómica anormal entre el INTESTINO y otro segmento del intestino u otros órganos. La fistula intestinal externa comunica con la PIEL (fístula enterocutánea). La fístula intestinal interna comunica con órganos como el ESTÓMAGO (fístula gastrocólica), el TRACTO BILIAR (fístula colecistoduodenal) o la VEJIGA URINARIA (fístula colovesical). Los factores de riesgo son los procesos inflamatorios, el cáncer, la radioterapia y complicaciones quirúrgicas (ERRORES MÉDICOS).
Descriptor Portuguese: Fístula Intestinal
Descriptor French: Fistule intestinale
Entry term(s): Cholecystoduodenal Fistula
Colovesical Fistula
Enterocutaneous Fistula
Fistula, Cholecystoduodenal
Fistula, Colovesical
Fistula, Enterocutaneous
Fistula, Intestinal
Tree number(s): C06.267.550
C06.405.469.471
C23.300.575.185.550
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007412
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).
Annotation: 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
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 29432
Unique ID: D007412
NLM Classification: WI 418
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Intestinal Fistula - Preferred
Concept UI M0011571
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).
Preferred term Intestinal Fistula
Entry term(s) Fistula, Intestinal
Colovesical Fistula - Narrower
Concept UI M0444726
Preferred term Colovesical Fistula
Entry term(s) Fistula, Colovesical
Enterocutaneous Fistula - Narrower
Concept UI M0444724
Preferred term Enterocutaneous Fistula
Entry term(s) Fistula, Enterocutaneous
Cholecystoduodenal Fistula - Narrower
Concept UI M0444725
Preferred term Cholecystoduodenal Fistula
Entry term(s) Fistula, Cholecystoduodenal



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