title: Colonic bleeding due to rupture of an isolated iliac artery aneurysm into a caecal carcinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery A, Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aladgem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazor
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kashtan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ostrzega
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Barak
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wiznitzer
mesh_terms: 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