Two cases of aorto-gastrointestinal fistula.
Intern Med
; 38(7): 570-4, 1999 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-10435363
ABSTRACT
We report two cases of aorto-gastrointestinal fistula. Case 1, a 60-year-old man, suffered from repeat hematemesis. He was preoperatively diagnosed as aortoesophageal fistula with thoracic aortic aneurysm and was successfully treated by graft replacement of the aneurysm. Case 2, a 73-year-old man, presented with massive gastrointestinal bleeding, yet repeat endoscopical examination did not reveal the origin of the bleeding. He died of catastrophic hematochezia. The pathological findings at autopsy revealed an aortoduodenal fistula. These two cases suggested the importance to consider an aorto-gastrointestinal fistula in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fístula Vascular
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Fístula Esofágica
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Fístula Intestinal
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Aneurisma da Aorta Torácica
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Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article