title: [Spontaneous aortocaval fistula].
abstract: Spontaneous aortocaval fistula is a rare complication of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture. A definitive preoperative diagnosis sometimes is difficult, because ofnonspecific and highly variable clinical symptoms. Classic signs such as low back pain, palpable pulsatile abdominal mass, abdominal bruit and thrill, dyspnea and high-output cardiac failure are present in less than 50% of cases. In this article we report the case of a 68-year-old patient with an aortocaval fistula who was admitted in hospital because of abdominal pain and hematuria.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za kirurgiju Medicinskog fakulteta, OB Sveti Duh, Zagreb. tihomir.adam@zg.htnet.hr
authors.forename: Visnja
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nesek-Adam
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grizelj-Stojcić
authors.forename: Tomislav
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Trajbar
authors.forename: Predrag
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pavić
authors.forename: Ante
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ivkosić
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior