Colonic bleeding due to rupture of an isolated iliac artery aneurysm into a caecal carcinoma.
We describe a case of a fistula between an atherosclerotic aneurysm of the right common iliac artery and a caecal carcinoma, causing massive colonic bleeding. A fistula between a true aneurysm and a carcinoma of the colon has not to our knowledge been previously reported. Various aspects of this case are discussed from a pathogenetic point of view.
Aladgem
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Department of Surgery A, Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.
Mazor
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A
Kashtan
H
H
Ostrzega
N
N
Barak
Y
Y
Wiznitzer
T
T
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous