Nehme Fredy, Rowe Kyle, Munguti Cyrus, Nassif Imad
Department of Internal Medicine, Kansas University School of Medicine, Wichita, KS, USA.
Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2017;2017:9087308. doi: 10.1155/2017/9087308. Epub 2017 Jan 31.
Primary aortoenteric fistula is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleed but can lead to significant mortality if the diagnosis is delayed. Aortitis, characterized by inflammation of the aortic wall, is a rare cause of aortoenteric fistula. We present a case report of a 72-year-old male patient with infectious aortoenteric fistula secondary to , along with a review of the literature. This case demonstrates the importance of early diagnosis and aggressive surgical treatment of aortoenteric fistulae and recognizing infectious aortitis as a potential etiology.
原发性主动脉肠瘘是上消化道出血的罕见原因，但如果诊断延迟可导致显著的死亡率。主动脉炎以主动脉壁炎症为特征，是主动脉肠瘘的罕见原因。我们报告一例72岁男性患者继发感染性主动脉肠瘘的病例，并对文献进行综述。该病例证明了早期诊断和积极手术治疗主动脉肠瘘以及认识到感染性主动脉炎作为潜在病因的重要性。
