Aortoduodenal fistula successfully treated with endovascular repair

Junya Fuchigami1, Kyohei Miyamoto1, Naoaki Shibata1

  • 1Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Japan.

Clinical Case Reports
|February 18, 2021
PubMed

Aortoduodenal fistula is a rare cause of life-threatening upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Accurate diagnosis is essential to initiate definitive treatment because endoscopic hemostasis, which is the usual initial intervention for upper gastrointestinal bleeding, may be ineffective. This case underscores timely intervention using endovascular treatment for achieving hemostasis in aortoduodenal fistula.