An internal iliac artery aneurysm causing a colonic obstruction: report of a case.
An 80-year-old male patient presented with the chief complaints of a sudden onset of pain in the right lower quadrant and constipation of 3 days' duration. In computerized tomographic examination an aneurysm of right internal iliac artery and an abnormally enlarged descending colon were seen. During an emergency operation a small rupture in the subserosa of the rectosigmoid junction was found.
Ozergin
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Selçuk, Konya, Turkey.
Vatansev
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Durgut
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Ozülkü
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Görmüş
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male