rectovaginal fistula

Etiology

• trauma during childbirth
• complication of surgery
  • episiotomy
  • sexual reassignment surgery
  • vaginal hysterectomy
• rectal carcinoma
• lymphogranuloma venereum,
• uncommon to are
  • diverticulosis
  • Crohn's disease
  • radiathion therapy cervical cancer

Clinical manifestations

• fecal incontinence
  • both flatulence & feces escape through the vagina
• recurrent urinary tract infections & vaginal infections

Differential diagnosis

• imperforate anus

More general terms

• vaginal fistula
• rectal fistula