Endovascular repair of an aortoduodenal fistula

J Endovasc Ther. 2000 Aug;7(4):328-32. doi: 10.1177/152660280000700413.

Abstract

Purpose: To demonstrate the utility of endovascular stent-graft repair for the management of an unusual aortoduodenal fistula.

Methods and results: A 23-year-old man with an aortoduodenal fistula secondary to tumor necrosis was treated with a Corvita endoluminal stent-graft after several failed surgical attempts to repair the defect. At 2-year follow-up, the patient was clinically and radiographically devoid of any evidence of occult stent-graft infection.

Conclusions: This case illustrates the usefulness of endovascular repair for the treatment of a primary aortoduodenal fistula. Endovascular repair should be included in the armamentarium for the management of difficult aortoduodenal fistulas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Diseases / etiology
  • Aortic Diseases / surgery*
  • Duodenal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Duodenal Diseases / etiology
  • Duodenal Diseases / surgery*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology
  • Intestinal Fistula / surgery*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Reoperation
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / complications
  • Stents*
  • Teratocarcinoma / complications
  • Vascular Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Fistula / etiology
  • Vascular Fistula / surgery*