PRIMARY AORTODUODENAL FISTULA CAUSED BY DUODENAL TUBERCULOSIS WITHOUTAN ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM - REPORT OF A CASE

A hemorrhage caused by a fistula between the third portion of the duod enum and the abdominal aorta. An autopsy revealed that duodenal tuberc ulosis had resulted in the development of a fistula into the aorta wit h no pathological changes, and no active pulmonary tuberculosis was fo und. Duodenal tuberculosis and primary aortoduodenal fistula (ADF) wit hout an aneurysm are both extremely rare. Thus, we report herein a uni que case of primary aortoduodenal fistula without an abdominal aortic aneurysm, but associated with duodenal tuberculosis, and review the cu rrent literature.