ENDOVASCULAR STENT IN SPONTANEOUS A-V-FIS TULA OF COMMON ILIAC ARTERY

In a 64 years old patient with increasing oedema of the legs and massi ve untreatable ascites, colour coded duplex sonography and angiography revealed a wide arteriovenous fistula (AVF) of unknown origin between right common iliac artery and vein. Avoiding surgical intervention, t he AVF was eliminated by applying an endovascular stent covering the s ite of the fistula. After intervention oedema and ascites disappeared, and colour doppler half a year later showed a good long term result.