[Treatment by stent of a benign stricture of the colon complicated by a fistula].

We report on a case of a 69-year-old man with a benign stricture of the sigmoid colon due to diverticulosis, complicated by a colovesicular fistula. Due to severe co-morbidity, surgical excision of the fistula and resection of the sigmoid colon were not indicated. Instead, the stricture and the fistula were managed via the insertion of a self-expanding, uncoated metallic stent (SEMS). The clinical symptoms disappeared after insertion of the SEMS. We conclude that SEMS may be a possible therapeutic tool in selected cases of benign stricture of the colon, with or without fistula.