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Aorto-duodenal and subsequent aorto-colonic fistula following operation for ruptured aortic aneurysm. 1980

D Cranston, and K D Vowles

Direct communication between aorta and intestinal lumen, whether spontaneous (primary) or postoperative (secondary), is a rate and frequently lethal cause of gastrointestinal haemorrhage. This paper records what is believed to be a unique occurrence in the survival of a patient who following surgery for ruptured aortic aneurysm, not only developed an aorto-duodenal but subsequently an aorto-colonic fistula over a span of 5 years.

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
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D003108	Colonic Diseases	Pathological processes in the COLON region of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE).	Colonic Disease,Disease, Colonic,Diseases, Colonic
D004378	Duodenal Diseases	Pathological conditions in the DUODENUM region of the small intestine (INTESTINE, SMALL).	Disease, Duodenal,Diseases, Duodenal,Duodenal Disease
D005402	Fistula	Abnormal communication most commonly seen between two internal organs, or between an internal organ and the surface of the body.	Fistulas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D001012	Aorta, Abdominal	The aorta from the DIAPHRAGM to the bifurcation into the right and left common iliac arteries.	Abdominal Aorta,Abdominal Aortas,Aortas, Abdominal
D001018	Aortic Diseases	Pathological processes involving any part of the AORTA.	Aortic Disease,Disease, Aortic,Diseases, Aortic