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[Aorto-duodenal fistula: endoscopic diagnosis]
J L Márquez Galán1, J M Herrera, P Vega
1Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Infanta Cristina, Badajoz.
Revista Espanola De Enfermedades Digestivas
|August 1, 1990
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient with hemorrhage due to secondary Aortoenteric Fistula (AEF), diagnosed by emergency oral endoscopy. We stress the importance of early diagnosis in these patients by virtue of a so-called "warning hemorrhage", which usually occurs hours or weeks before the appearance of a massive hemorrhage which is soon fatal. The importance of emergency endoscopy in the early diagnosis of these cases is emphasized.