title: [Primary aorto-intestinal fistula as a diagnostically difficult complication of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm].
abstract: Three cases are presented of a rare complication of abdominal aorta aneurysm, that is its rupture into the gastrointestinal tract. In two cases the aneurysm ruptured into the duodenum, and in one case into small intestine. The authors call attention to the variety of symptomatology and diagnostic difficulties with the primary aorto-intestinal fistula. This is true especially of cases in which the rupture is the first and not infrequently the only symptom of the aneurysm. The rupture of the abdominal aorta aneurysm into the gastrointestinal tract is still fraught with a very high mortality; out of three patients with primary aorto-intestinal fistula only one was saved.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Chirurgii Ogólnej i Naczyniowej, Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego, Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Witkiewicz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Czarnecki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Pierwotna przetoka aortalno-jelitowa jako trudne diagnostycznie powikłanie peknietego tetniaka aorty brzusznej.