AQUIRED..
1-Trraumatic
a-following surgery i.e. intestinal fistula (fecal,biliary,pancreatic)
b-following instrumental delivery or difficult labor i.e. vasicovaginal
fistula, rectovaginal fistula
2-Inflammatory
Intestinal actinomycosis, TB abdomen
3-Malignancy
When growth of one organ penetrates into nearby organ.
e.g., rectovesical fistula in rectum Ca
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ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA
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ACTINOMYCOSIS..
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CONGENITAL
Arise from remnants of embryonic ducts that persist instead of being
obliterated and disappearing comp;etely during embryonic
development.
E.g. branchial fistula, congenital AVF
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AQUIRED
Usually secondary to presence of foreign body, necrotic tissue in
affected area or microbial infection or following inadequate drainage
of abcess.
E.g. perianal abcess when burst spontaneously, they may form
perianal fistula
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CLINICAL FEATURES OF FISTULA
USUALLY ASYMPTOMATIC BUT WHEN INFECTED CAN
CAUSE..
Pain
Discharge
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SINUS
BLIND TRACK LINED BY GRANULATION TISSUE LEADING
FROM EPITHELIAL SURFACE DOWN INTO THE TISSUES.
LATIN WORD: HOLLOW (OR) A BAY
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ULCER
DEFINITION..
Discontinuity or break in a bodily membrane that impades normal
function of affected organ.
OR
Breach in a normal epithelium.
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TREATMENT
BASIC PRINCIPLES
Antibiotics
Adequate rest
Adequate excision and send Biopsy for HISTOPATHOLOGY
Adequate drainage
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SPECIFIC TREATMENT
It depends on specific cause.
So the principle is to treat the cause after confirming the diagnosis
through biopsy report.
Examples..
TB sinus, 1
st
line treatment will be ATT.
If there’s Fistula, then treatment option will be Fistulectomy/Fistulatomy.
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