An unusual case of primary arteriocolic fistula.
A case is presented of lower digestive bleeding, caused by a fistula between a right iliac artery aneurysm and the sigmoid colon. Particular aspects of this unusual fistula are discussed from a diagnostic and therapeutic point of view.
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery