Spontaneous aortoenteric fistula involving the sigmoid: A case report and review of literature.

Introduction: Primary aortoenteric fistula (PAEF) is a pathological communication between the aorta and any portion of the gastrointestinal tract. The pathology is very rare and easily overlooked during the diagnostic process.

Presentation Of Case: We report the exceptional case of an 86-year-old man with episodes of abdominal pain and rectal bleeding of unknown cause over a period of 1,5 months due to a PAEF to the sigmoid.

[Centralisation of treatment of ruptured aneurysm].

In the future, patients with a ruptured aneurysm will be treated at fewer hospitals in the Netherlands. Although there is a search for scientific support for this, the reason for centralisation is obvious: reduction of costs and reduction of workload for vascular surgeons during night and weekend shifts. Already there are a number of examples of regionally organised vascular surgeons who treat their patients with a ruptured aneurysm with great satisfaction and with good results.

A systematic review of endovascular treatment of extensive aortoiliac occlusive disease.

Objectives: Current multidisciplinary guidelines recommend to treat extensive aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) by surgical revascularization. Surgery provides good long-term patency, but at the cost of substantial perioperative morbidity. Development of new technologies and techniques has led to increased use of endovascular therapy for extensive AIOD.

Juxtarenal aortic aneurysm repair.

Objectives: Juxtarenal aortic aneurysms (JAA) account for approximately 15% of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Despite advances in endovascular aneurysm repair, open repair requiring suprarenal aortic cross-clamping is still the treatment of choice for JAA. We performed a systematic review of the literature to determine perioperative mortality and postoperative renal dysfunction after open repair for non-ruptured JAA.

Chyloperitoneum following abdominal aortic surgery.

Chyloperitoneum is an uncommon but serious complication following abdominal aortic surgery. As there seems to be no uniformity concerning the treatment, we performed a literature search to evaluate the best treatment results. All Medline-cited articles on chyloperitoneum after abdominal aortic surgery were assessed and analyzed.

Carcinoid tumor in a Meckel's diverticulum: hypothesis on mutual embryological origin.

Congenital defects presenting at an adult age are subject to diagnostic errors because of their relative rarity and often odd clinical presentation. We illustrate a 63-year-old male patient with multiple ileal carcinoid tumors along with a carcinoid tumor in Meckel's diverticulum. The Meckel's diverticulum is a congenital abnormality arising from a patent vitelline duct and is found at the anti-mesenteric side of the ileum.