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Arteriocolic fistula: An unusual cause of gastrointestinal-tract bleeding

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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An unusual case of acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage secondary to an iliac-artery aneurysm to a sigmoidal fistula is presented. Diagnosis and pathogenesis are discussed, and a plan for treatment is proposed.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Avenue, 55415, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Christopher J. Longaker M.D.,  Melvin P. Bubrick M.D. & Joseph C. Kiser M.D.

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  1. Christopher J. Longaker M.D.
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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2 to 6, 1976.

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Longaker, C.J., Bubrick, M.P. & Kiser, J.C. Arteriocolic fistula: An unusual cause of gastrointestinal-tract bleeding. Dis Colon Rectum 20, 135–138 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587329

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