[An appendiceal-vesical fistula in a patient with cystic fibrosis]. / Fistola appendico-vescicale in un malato di fibrosi cistica.

ABSTRACT

Cystic fibrosis is an hereditary disease in which abnormally viscous secretion of exocrine glands causes chronic pulmonary infections and gastrointestinal disorders. The authors report the case of a patient with cystic fibrosis and appendicitis complicated by appendico-vesical fistula. The appendico-vesical fistula has been described during appendicitis; its association with the cystic fibrosis however has never been reported in the literature.