Taniyasu N, Tokunaga H
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, Iwaki-city, Fukushima, Japan.
Jpn Circ J. 1999 Jul;63(7):564-6. doi: 10.1253/jcj.63.564.
Aortocaval fistula (ACF) is a rare complication of spontaneous abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture, with an incidence of 2-4%. A unique case of ruptured AAA complicated by multiple aortovenous fistulas involving the inferior vena cava and left internal iliac vein is presented, and is the first published report of a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome undergoing surgical treatment for an ACF.