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Angiographic management of arteriocolic fistulae

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Two cases of massive lower GI bleeding caused by external iliac artery fistulization to the colon are presented. Both patients had had pelvic malignancy and pelvic irradiation. Angiography is the diagnostic procedure of choice. Our cases were successfully treated with local embolization.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, 15th Street and Upland Avenue, 19013, Chester, PA, USA

    James Husted M.D.

  2. Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Daniel Dempsey

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Husted, J., Dempsey, D. Angiographic management of arteriocolic fistulae. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 9, 158–160 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577928

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