title: Endovascular repair of an aortoduodenal fistula.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate the utility of endovascular stent-graft repair for the management of an unusual aortoduodenal fistula.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 23-year-old man with an aortoduodenal fistula secondary to tumor necrosis was treated with a Corvita endoluminal stent-graft after several failed surgical attempts to repair the defect. At 2-year follow-up, the patient was clinically and radiographically devoid of any evidence of occult stent-graft infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case illustrates the usefulness of endovascular repair for the treatment of a primary aortoduodenal fistula. Endovascular repair should be included in the armamentarium for the management of difficult aortoduodenal fistulas.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA. m-eskandari@nwu.edu
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Eskandari
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Makaroun
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Abu-Elmagd
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Billiar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D015607:Stents; D018243:Teratocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*