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16715427

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
We report a case of an aortoenteric fistula (AEF) developing after endovascular stent grafting (EVSG) for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). A 69-year-old male patient with a history of panperitonitis caused by rectal perforation underwent EVSG for an AAA. A follow-up contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan, done 12 months after the EVSG, confirmed shrinkage of the AAA with no endoleak. However, 19 months postoperatively, an AEF developed between the AAA and the jejunum. Although there was no endoleak on a subsequent CT scan, we noted enlargement of the AAA and inflammatory changes in the surrounding tissue. The patient was treated surgically and discharged in good health 74 days postoperatively. Thus, one should consider the possibility of this devastating complication, even in patients without an endoleak, after EVSG for AAA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0941-1291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
546-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Aortoenteric fistula after endovascular stent grafting for an abdominal aortic aneurysm: report of a case.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports