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Crohn's disease with spontaneous cutaneous-urachovesicoenteric fistula

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This case report presents a rare complication of Crohn's disease in a 28-year-old presenting with an umbilicourachovesicoenteric fistula. Preoperative studies demonstrated communication of the umbilicus, bladder, ileum, and cecum. Preoperative nutritional support anden bloc resection with restoration of continuity primarily was performed with a successful outcome.

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  1. Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

    Eugene D. Davidson MD

  2. Veterans Administration Medical Center (Atlanta), 1670 Clairmont Road, 30033, Decatur, Georgia

    Eugene D. Davidson MD

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Davidson, E.D. Crohn's disease with spontaneous cutaneous-urachovesicoenteric fistula. Digest Dis Sci 25, 460–463 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395511

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