Abstract
We report a 21-year-old woman with a penetrating abdominal wound. Injuries of the abdominal aorta and alimentary tract were found during emergency surgery. The patient had a follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan 3 months after surgery. Arterial-phase 16-row multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) showed a suspicious dilated vessel adjacent to the repaired aorta on 5-mm transverse images. A fistula between a lumbar artery and the inferior vena cava was clearly demonstrated on images reformatted with two- (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) techniques. The patient suffered from symptoms of high-output heart failure 8 months after surgery.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 401-404 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Acta Radiologica |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- CT
- Fistula
- IVC
- Lumbar artery
- Trauma