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      Primary Aortoenteric Fistula Due to a Swallowed Twig in a Three-year-old Child

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      European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
      Elsevier BV

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          Aortoenteric fistulae are infrequent causes of gastrointestinal bleeding and usually occur as a late complication of aortic aneurysm repair. Primary aortoenteric fistulae are very rare and most have an aetiological association with atherosclerotic aneurysmal disease.(1,2) We report a primary aortoenteric fistula (PAEF) occurring in a 3 year old as a result of duodenal perforation after ingestion of a twig. To our knowledge this is the first case of a primary aortoenteric fistula reported in a child. Emergency aortic surgery in children needs certain considerations which are briefly discussed.

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          Journal
          European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
          European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
          Elsevier BV
          10785884
          February 2010
          February 2010
          : 39
          : 2
          : 217-219
          Article
          10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.11.006
          19939710
          fa8ee6fd-6dab-4261-8a19-4bc85b972937
          © 2010

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