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An uncommon endoscopic finding: bleeding secondary aortoenteric fistula. 1982

J Banai, and G Salfay, and M Szeleczky, and M Kun

Aortoenteric fistula is a complication of aortic reconstructive surgery. Here, the authors describe a case of a secondary aortoduodenal fistula causing haemorrhage. Diagnosis was made by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007412	Intestinal Fistula	An abnormal anatomical passage between the INTESTINE, and another segment of the intestine or other organs. External intestinal fistula is connected to the SKIN (enterocutaneous fistula). Internal intestinal fistula can be connected to a number of organs, such as STOMACH (gastrocolic fistula), the BILIARY TRACT (cholecystoduodenal fistula), or the URINARY BLADDER of the URINARY TRACT (colovesical fistula). Risk factors include inflammatory processes, cancer, radiation treatment, and surgical misadventures (MEDICAL ERRORS).	Cholecystoduodenal Fistula,Colovesical Fistula,Enterocutaneous Fistula,Fistula, Cholecystoduodenal,Fistula, Colovesical,Fistula, Enterocutaneous,Fistula, Intestinal
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D001807	Blood Vessel Prosthesis	Device constructed of either synthetic or biological material that is used for the repair of injured or diseased blood vessels.	Vascular Prosthesis,Blood Vessel Prostheses,Tissue-Engineered Vascular Graft,Graft, Tissue-Engineered Vascular,Grafts, Tissue-Engineered Vascular,Prostheses, Blood Vessel,Prostheses, Vascular,Prosthesis, Blood Vessel,Prosthesis, Vascular,Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft,Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts,Vascular Graft, Tissue-Engineered,Vascular Grafts, Tissue-Engineered,Vascular Prostheses,Vessel Prostheses, Blood,Vessel Prosthesis, Blood
D004378	Duodenal Diseases	Pathological conditions in the DUODENUM region of the small intestine (INTESTINE, SMALL).	Disease, Duodenal,Diseases, Duodenal,Duodenal Disease
D004384	Duodenoscopy	Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the duodenum.	Duodenoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Duodenoscopic,Duodenoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Duodenoscopic,Duodenoscopic Surgeries,Duodenoscopic Surgical Procedure,Duodenoscopies,Procedure, Duodenoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Duodenoscopic Surgical,Surgeries, Duodenoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Duodenoscopic
D005402	Fistula	Abnormal communication most commonly seen between two internal organs, or between an internal organ and the surface of the body.	Fistulas
D006471	Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage	Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM.	Hematochezia,Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhages,Hematochezias
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001018	Aortic Diseases	Pathological processes involving any part of the AORTA.	Aortic Disease,Disease, Aortic,Diseases, Aortic