Pelvic fistulas complicating pelvic surgery or diseases: Spectrum of imaging findings

Pelvic fistulas may result from obstetric complications, inflammatory bower disease, pelvic malignancy, pelvic radiation therapy, pelvic surgery, or o ther traumatic causes, and their symptoms may be distressing. In our experi ence, various types of pelvic fistulas are identified after pelvic disease or pelvic surgery. Because of its close proximity, the majority of such fis tulas occur in the pelvic cavity and include the vesicovaginal, vesicouteri ne, vesicoenteric, ureterovaginal, ureteroenteric and enterovaginal type. T he purpose of this article is to illustrate the spectrum of imaging feature s of pelvic fistulas.