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ArticleCureus2025

Enterocutaneous Fistula: A Challenging Complication in Cervical Cancer Management.

Abigayle Wyer, Mena Louis, Oluwasemilore I Okunlola, Raven Richardson, Timothy J Stevens

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Abigayle WyerSurgery, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Gainesville, USA.
Mena LouisGeneral Surgery, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Gainesville, USA.
Oluwasemilore I OkunlolaGeneral Surgery, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Gainesville, USA.
Raven RichardsonGeneral Surgery, St. George's University School of Medicine, True Blue, GRD.
Timothy J StevensTrauma and Acute Care Surgery, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Gainesville, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 42-year-old woman with a history of cervical cancer previously treated with radical hysterectomy, lymphadenectomy, and bilateral salpingectomy presented with severe right lower extremity pain, initially attributed to routine chemotherapy-related side effects. Despite symptomatic management, her pain intensified, accompanied by abdominal distention, constipation, and reduced ambulation. Subsequent clinical evaluation revealed a significant abscess extending from the pelvis into the gluteal musculature and thigh. Imaging confirmed that the abscess communicated with a loop of the small bowel, evolving into an enterocutaneous fistula, which manifested as feculent drainage through her thigh incision. Surgical intervention with incision, drainage, and excision of nonviable muscle tissue provided temporary relief but could not entirely resolve the fistula. Microbiological cultures yielded intestinal flora, including

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anti-angiogenic therapybevacizumabcervical cancerchemotherapy complicationsenterocutaneous fistulafistulapelvic abscess

Identifiers

PMID40772162
PMCPMC12328028

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