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Aortoduodenal Fistula Secondary to Metastatic CarcinomaAngiographic Demonstration
Steven R. Geary, MD;
Edward Z. Walworth, MD
JAMA. 1976;235(23):2520-2521.
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AORTODUODENAL fistula is an uncommon but well-recognized pathologic entity. The majority of cases are caused by rupture of an aortic aneurysm or are complications of aortic reconstructive surgery. Carcinoma, either primary or metastatic, is a distinctly unusual cause. Because of the lesion's infrequency and its accompanying grave clinical condition, few patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage caused by aortoduodenal fistula have been studied angiographically. The following is a case in which the fistula and its cause were detected by angiography.
Report of a Case
A 36-year-old woman had an exophytic lesion of the uterine cervix in September 1971. Results of a physical examination were otherwise normal. Hemogram, liver chemistry values, chest x-ray film, intravenous urogram, barium enema examination, sigmoidoscopy, and cystoscopy were normal. A biopsy specimen showed invasive, well-differentiated carcinoma, representing stage IB tumor.
The patient received 4,000 rads of external radiation to the pelvis, followed by brief readmissions for intracavitary radiation
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Author Affiliations
From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (Dr Geary) and the Department of Surgery (Dr Walworth), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH. Dr Geary is now with the Department of Radiology, Addison Gilbert Hospital, Gloucester, Mass.
Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Radiology, Addison Gilbert Hospital, Gloucester, MA 01930 (Dr Geary).
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