Rosenthal D, Atkins C P, Jerrius H S, Clark M D, Matsuura J H
Department of Vascular Surgery, Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Medical College of Georgia, Atlanta, USA.
Ann Vasc Surg. 1998 Jan;12(1):86-7. doi: 10.1007/s100169900122.
A case of an aortocaval fistula documented by contrast-enhancement computed tomography is reported. In the presence of a large abdominal aortic aneurysm, the computed tomography (CT) triad findings of: (1) vena caval effacement, (2) loss of the fat plane between the aorta and vena cava, and (3) rapid flow of contrast from the aorta into a dilated inferior vena cava is characteristic of an aortocaval fistula.