Aorto-enteric fistula presenting as multicentric osteomyelitis.

  • 1 March 1978
    • journal article
    • case report
    • No. 131,p. 255-8
Abstract
A 60-year-old man treated with a prothesis for aorto-enteric fistulae developed multicentric osteomyelitis. Enteric flora were cultured from blood and bone but the diagnosis was delayed. Aorto-enteric fistulae can occur in a variety of circumstances but have become more common with the advent of reconstructive vascular surgery using prostheses. This entity frequently does not present in a dramatic way, but can be the cause of fatal bacteremia and septicemia.

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