[Intestinal complications from vascular prostheses]

Angiologia. 1993 Nov-Dec;45(6):214-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Secondary FAE is a rare complication, usually located at the duodenum. The typical clinical presentation is like a digestive hemorrhage or a sepsis. We report two cases of FAE with atypical manifestations. The first case presented a lower digestive hemorrhage produced by the fistulization to the sigma. The second case appeared like an intestinal obliteration caused by the full emigration of a prosthesis to the jejunum. We wish to remark the importance of the clinical suspicion of a FAE (Key of diagnosis), and the sparing relevance of the complementary examinations and the urgency of a surgical treatment in order to avoid the high rate of morbi-mortality associated with this complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Emergencies
  • Femoral Artery*
  • Humans
  • Iliac Artery*
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology*
  • Intestinal Fistula / surgery
  • Jejunal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Jejunal Diseases / etiology*
  • Jejunal Diseases / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Reoperation
  • Sigmoid Diseases / diagnosis
  • Sigmoid Diseases / etiology*
  • Sigmoid Diseases / surgery