title: [Acute liver failure revealing aorto-caval fistula].
abstract: We report the case of a 49-year-old woman with an aorto-caval fistula following lumbar diskectomy. Initial symptoms included isolated hepatalgia, and were later associated with jaundice and hepatomegaly, suggesting acute liver failure due to right heart failure. Only 9 previous cases of postoperative aorto-caval fistula have been reported and our case emphasizes the possibility of a pseudo-digestive presentation of high output arteriovenous fistula.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Digestive et Générale, Hôpital Cl.-Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lille Cedex.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guillem
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mohieddine
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Triboulet
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior