Abstract
A 45-year-old woman, known to have a congenital exstrophy ofthe bladder, for which she underwent a ureterosigmoidostomy in her infancy, presented with fever. This was due to pyelonephritis, from which she recovered with antibiotic therapy. During colonoscopy a carcinoma of the sigmoid was found at the level of the anastomosis of the ureters. Patients with a ureterosigmoidostomy have a one hundred-fold increased risk of colon carcinoma compared to the general population. The development of malignant tumours as a long-term complication of this procedure is linked with the frequent contact between intestinal tissue and urine. Periodical colonoscopy of these patients is advised
| Original language | Dutch |
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| Pages (from-to) | 213-215 |
| Journal | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde |
| Volume | 152 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |