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Ileal artery pseudoaneurysm: a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleed

Aorto-enteric fistulas are life-threatening conditions that occur commonly between the aorta and duodenum. Our case describes a fistula between the ileal artery and small bowel. To our knowledge, ileal artery fistulas are more commonly described in surgical cases, unlike our case. This case emphasiz...

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Autores principales: Kassamali, Farah, Sharma, Atul (Ryan)
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31723394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2019.1679950
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description Aorto-enteric fistulas are life-threatening conditions that occur commonly between the aorta and duodenum. Our case describes a fistula between the ileal artery and small bowel. To our knowledge, ileal artery fistulas are more commonly described in surgical cases, unlike our case. This case emphasizes early diagnosis of an aorto-enteric fistula causing life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding to improve morbidity and survival.
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spelling pubmed-68302952019-11-13 Ileal artery pseudoaneurysm: a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleed Kassamali, Farah Sharma, Atul (Ryan) J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Aorto-enteric fistulas are life-threatening conditions that occur commonly between the aorta and duodenum. Our case describes a fistula between the ileal artery and small bowel. To our knowledge, ileal artery fistulas are more commonly described in surgical cases, unlike our case. This case emphasizes early diagnosis of an aorto-enteric fistula causing life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding to improve morbidity and survival. Taylor & Francis 2019-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6830295/ /pubmed/31723394 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2019.1679950 Text en © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Ileal artery pseudoaneurysm: a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleed
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title_short Ileal artery pseudoaneurysm: a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleed
title_sort ileal artery pseudoaneurysm: a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleed
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31723394
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