Aortoduodenal fistula: a late complication of intraluminal exclusion of an infrarenal aortic aneurysm.
During recent years, considerable clinical experience has been gained with endoluminal stent-graft procedures. Several studies have shown promising results up to a period of 4.5 years. However, long-term follow-up studies are still limited. Late endoleaks caused by stent-graft migration, disconnection of single components in modular stent-grafts, and limb thrombosis have been observed as long-term complications. We report a case in which a migrated and kinked bifurcated stent-graft caused an aortoduodenal fistula 20 months after stent-graft insertion. To our knowledge, such a complication has not been reported before.
Hausegger
K A
KA
Department of Radiology, University of Graz, Austria.
Tiesenhausen
K
K
Karaic
R
R
Tauss
J
J
Koch
G
G
D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000209:etiology*