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RADIOLOGY: GASTROINTESTINAL: GI: Case# 33139: ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA.SMALL BOWEL HERNIATED THROUGH THE INCISION SITE. Sixty year old male for evaluation of possible intraabdominal abscess. Patient had hernia repair and anterior abdominal wall wound closure with mesh which got infected, and now the patient has Israeli closure with temporary sutures across the intraabdominal wall and an open wound. 1) Enterocutaneous fistula probably from a small bowel loop with contrast leaking into the anterior abdominal wall incision. The small bowel may be herniated through the incision site.

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