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01-10-2011 | Letter to the Editor
Emergency Endovascular “Bridge” Treatment for Iliac-Enteric Fistula
Authors:
Marco Franchin, Matteo Tozzi, Gabriele Piffaretti, Gianpaolo Carrafiello, Patrizio Castelli
Published in:
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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Issue 5/2011
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Abstract
Aortic aneurysm has been reported to be the dominant cause of primary iliac-enteric fistula (IEF) in >70% of cases [
1]; other less common causes of primary IEF include peptic ulcer, primary aortitis, pancreatic pseudocyst, or neoplastic erosion into an adjacent artery [
2,
3]. We describe an unusual case of IEF managed with a staged approach using an endovascular stent-graft as a “bridge” in the emergency setting to optimize the next elective definitive excision of the lesion.