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Aetiological causes of enterovesical fistulae
| Aetiology | Disease |
| Inflammatory (80%) | Diverticulitis |
| Crohn’s disease | |
| Appendicitis | |
| Meckel’s diverticulum | |
| Tuberculosis | |
| Malignancy (10%-20%) | Colorectal carcinoma |
| Transitional call carcinoma | |
| Bladder squamous cell carcinoma | |
| Lymphoma | |
| Iatrogenic (< 10%) | Radical prostatectomy |
| Complex rectal resections | |
| Surgery post pelvic radiotherapy | |
| Palliative endoscopic stenting of | |
| Obstructing tumours |
