Traumatic lumbar artery-inferior vena cava fistula.
A case is presented of a young man with small bowel and colon perforations secondary to an anterior abdominal knife wound who on followup examination had a lumbar artery-inferior vena cava fistula. This was closed successfully 8 weeks postinjury.
D000328:Adult; D001027:Aortography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003106:Colon / Q000293:injuries; D003125:Colostomy; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery