Treatment of a Malignant Enterocutaneous Fistula with Octreotide Acetate

An enterocutaneous malignant fistula developed in a patient who had a retroperito-neal angiosarcoma. He was treated with octreotide acetate subcutaneously. Drainage decreased and ceased after 2 weeks of therapy. The closure of this malignant fistula suggests that palliative therapy with octreotide acetate merits further study in view of the grave prognosis of this complication.