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Is there a genetic component to gastrointestinal fistula?
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No: Fistula formation is generally not a genetic disorder.
Answered 1/30/2012
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Crohn's disease?: Crohn's disease can commonly cause fistulas, narrowings/strictures/stenoses, inflammation, pus pockets. People seem to be genetically predisposed to one or another of those manifestations (there is some overlap of course).
Answered 11/11/2012
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