An autopsy case of a primary aortoenteric fistula: A pitfall of the endoscopic diagnosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 4701-4704

  Ihama, Yoko ^a   Miyazaki, Tetsuji ^a   Fuke, Chiaki ^a   Ihama, Yasushi ^a   Matayoshi, Ryoji ^b   Kohatsu, Hiroshi ^b   Kinjo, Fukunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Herald bleeding; Medico legal autopsy; Misleading; Primary aortoenteric fistula

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AGED; AORTOINTESTINAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLIP; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUODENUM MUCOSA; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MELENA; SHOCK; STOMACH INTUBATION; SUDDEN DEATH; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA DISEASE; DUODENUM; DUODENUM DISEASE; FATALITY; INTESTINE FISTULA; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENAL DISEASES; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE;

EID: 58149201213     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4701     Document Type: Article

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