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Authors

 

Igor Sekulić ¹, Boris Jović ¹, Jelena Bošković-Sekulić ², Miroslav Mišović ¹, Berislav Vekić³, Nemanja Rančić <sup>1

1</sup>Institute of Radiology, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
²Clinic for Emergency Medicine, Clinical Center Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
³Department of Surgery, Clinical Centre “Dr Dragiša Mišović”, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Serbia

 

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The paper was received / Rad primljen: 03.12.2018.

Accepted / Rad prihvaćen: 20.02.2019

 

Correspondence to:

Nemanja Rančić, MD, PhD,
Institute of Radiology,
Military Medical Academy,
Belgrade, Serbia;
Mob: 063-8524443
e-mail: nece84@hotmail.com

 

 

Abstract

 

Aorto-enteric fistula is a rare pathological entity of communication between the lumen of the aorta and the cavity of the digestive tract. In the non-treatment cases, mortality is almost 100%, and in the operative treatment cases, mortality remains high, up to 70%. The aim of our work was to describe one case of the patient with primary aorto-enteric fistula. In conclusion, aorto-enteric fistula should be suspected in cases of gastrointestinal bleeding and the presence of an aortic aneurysm. Early diagnosis of this pathological entity posed by an overview of computerized tomography and proper treatment are crucial..

 

Key words:

Aorto-enteric fistula, clinical symptoms and signs, diagnoses

 

 

Sažetak

 

Aortoenetrična fistula jeste redak patološki entitet komunikacije između lumena aorte i šupljine digestivnog trakta. U slučaju ne tretiranja smrtnost je skoro 100%, a u slučaju operativnog tretmana smrtnost je i dalje visoka, do 70%. Cilj našeg rada je bio da se opiše jedan slučaj pacijenta sa primarnom aortoenetričnom fistulom. Zaključeno je da treba uvek postaviti sumnju na aortoenteričnu fistulu u slučajevima gastrointestinalnog krvarenja i postojanje aneurizme aorte. Rana dijagnoza ovog patološkog entiteta postavljena pregledom kompjuterizovanom tomografijom i pravilni tretman su od presudnog značaja.

 

Ključne reči:

Aortoenterična fistula, klinički simptomi i znaci bolesti, dijagnostika

 

 

 

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