Abstract Three dogs presented to a referral hospital with periorbital cutaneous fistulae. Investigations in all patients identified odontogenic disease as the cause of Treatment by tooth extraction was undertaken and resulted resolution Patients presenting facial fistulae or swellings should undergo thorough intra‐oral examination dental radiography computed tomography diagnose/exclude Dental e...

Arteriovenous fistulae of the cavernous sinus are rare and difficult to diagnose. They are classified into dural cavernous sinus fistulae or direct carotid-cavernous fistulae. Despite the similarity of symptoms between both types, a precise diagnosis is essential since the treatment is specific for each type of fistula. Imaging findings are remarkably similar in both dural cavernous sinus fistu...

Although arterialovenous fistulae (AVF) is considered to be vital for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, but they may cause complications and problems. For instance they may fail soon after their creation. The most important cause of failure in these cases is intrafistula thrombus formation. Whereas anti-platelet drugs are not routinely used after fistulae creation, we conducted this stud...

BACKGROUND Thrombosis following stenosis of arteriovenous fistulae resulting in the loss of vascular access for hemodialysis is an important complication in patients with chronic renal failure. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is being used more frequently in the treatment of stenosis aiming at increasing the patency of arteriovenous fistulae. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the primary patency of...

theoretically feasible is not always practical or affordable. The first book on intestinal fistulae was written by Thomas Pridgin Teale of Leeds in 1841. In his day most fistulae were the result of the natural progression of advanced disease. In the 1980s 70% of fistulae follow surgery and 20% are due to inflammatory bowel disease. The remaining 10% are the result of a variety of causes such as...

BACKGROUND Despite an increased propensity to primary failure in forearm arteriovenous fistulae compared with upper arm fistulae, forearm fistulae remain the preferred primary access type for chronic hemodialysis patients. In a high risk patient population with multiple medical comorbidities associated with requirement for intravenous access we compared the rates of access failure in forearm an...

A colovesical fistula (CVF) represents an abnormal communication between the colon and the bladder. Although CVFs are uncommon, they cause significant morbidity and may markedly affect the patient’s quality of life. Colovesical fistulae most frequently are the consequence of advanced-stage malignant disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and traumatic or iatrogenic injuries. The diagnosis of a CV...

Summary Background Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory, penetrating intestinal associated with fistula formation. Fistulae in can be classified into external and internal fistulae. Internal fistulae form between the gastrointestinal tract another organ include enteroenteric, enterocolic, enterovesical rectovaginal They are significant morbidity a decreased quality of life. Aim To review classifi...

BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of fistulae in Crohn's disease (CD) patients is barely understood. We recently showed that more than two-thirds of CD fistulae are covered with flat, mesenchymal-like cells (transitional cells [TC]) forming a patchy basement membrane. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process of reprogramming epithelial cells, allowing them to migrate more effectively a...

OBJECTIVES To review our experience in causes, diagnosis and basic principles of surgical treatment of urogenital fistulae. METHODS A retrospective study of 213 patients with different types of urogenital fistulae were reviewed between October 1995 to October 2008. They were analyzed with regard to age, parity, causal factor, mode of treatment and outcome. Patients were also evaluated at two ...