Emergent Endovascular Repair For Primary Aortoenteric Fistula

Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg. 2023 Jul 7;30(2):63-66. doi: 10.48729/pjctvs.264.

Abstract

We report the case of a 64-year-old male with significant cardiac comorbidities who reported three episodes of gastrointestinal bleeding. In the third episode, he presented massive hematemesis, anaemia and hypotension. Despite a standard upper endoscopy, a computed tomography (CT) showed an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and densification of the aortic fat cover. A primary aortoenteric fistula, with acute bleeding and haemodynamic instability, was assumed, and an emergent endovascular repair was performed. Subsequent CT scans and endoscopies demonstrated control of the enteric lesion. After five months, there was no evidence of infection or rebleeding.

Keywords: Aortic Aneurysm; Endovascular Procedures; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; Intestinal Fistula; Vascular Surgical Procedures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal* / complications
  • Endovascular Procedures*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula* / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular Fistula* / diagnostic imaging