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. 1988 Aug;64(754):636–637. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.64.754.636

Colonic bleeding due to rupture of an isolated iliac artery aneurysm into a caecal carcinoma.

D Aladgem 1, A Mazor 1, H Kashtan 1, N Ostrzega 1, Y Barak 1, T Wiznitzer 1
PMCID: PMC2428930  PMID: 3266896

Abstract

We describe a case of a fistula between an atherosclerotic aneurysm of the right common iliac artery and a caecal carcinoma, causing massive colonic bleeding. A fistula between a true aneurysm and a carcinoma of the colon has not to our knowledge been previously reported. Various aspects of this case are discussed from a pathogenetic point of view.

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