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A rare complication in elective repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm: Multiple transmural colonic infarcts secondary to atheroemboli

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Numerous complications may occur during elective and emergency repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. The following report will document a rare complication in a patient with chronic renal failure. Multiple atheroemboli were found to produce transmural infarction of the left colon after elective repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The pathologic process and the proposed mechanism of injury are also discussed.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Akron City ospital, 525 East Market St., PO Box 2090, 44309-2090, Akron, OH

    Stephen R. Bayne MD & Duane L. Donovan MD

  2. Department of Pathology, Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio

    William A. Henthorne MD

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Bayne, S.R., Donovan, D.L. & Henthorne, W.A. A rare complication in elective repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm: Multiple transmural colonic infarcts secondary to atheroemboli. Annals of Vascular Surgery 8, 290–295 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02018178

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