title: An acute abdominal syndrome reveals a postoperative ilio-iliac arteriovenous fistula: about one case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Postoperative ilio-iliac arteriovenous fistula is an unusual but known complication after lumbar surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 74-year-old patient consulted at the emergency department for intense acute abdominal syndrome revealing a post-operative common ilio-iliac arteriovenous fistula 5 years after a lumbosacral arthrodesis L3-S1. The patient was treated with an endovascular arterial stent-graft with immediate vascular and clinical results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Arteriovenous fistula is a possible etiology of acute abdominal syndrome in patients with lumbar or abdominopelvic surgery history.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 157 rue de la Porte de Trivaux, 92140, Clamart, France, maxime.barat89@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barat
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ssi Yan Kai
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maitre
authors.forename: Jocelyne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Laveaucoupet
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed