DIAGNOSIS OF AORTOCAVAL FISTULA BY COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY

Authors
ROSENTHAL D ATKINS CP JERRIUS HS CLARK MD MATSUURA JH
Citation
D. Rosenthal et al., DIAGNOSIS OF AORTOCAVAL FISTULA BY COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, Annals of vascular surgery, 12(1), 1998, pp. 86-87
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Peripheal Vascular Diseas","Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Annals of vascular surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
08905096
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
86 - 87
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-5096(1998)12:1<86:DOAFBC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A case of an aortocaval fistula documented by contrast-enhancement com puted tomography is reported. in the presence of a large abdominal aor tic aneurysm, the computed tomography (CT) triad findings of: (1) vena caval effacement, (2) loss of the fat plane between the aorta and ven a cava, and (3) rapid flow of contrast from the aorta into a dilated i nferior vena cava is characteristic of an aortocaval fistula.