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Chirurgia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990)
|March 25, 2015
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We report the case of an elderly woman, 81 years old, who was admitted in our department for hematemesis, hematochezia and lower abdominal pain. The abdominal ultrasound and the CT scan diagnosed a primary aortoenteric fistula between an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and the second part of the duodenum, which is a very rare localization regarding this condition. Surgical pathology,diagnosis and management are discussed.
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