The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology  2013;62(5):296-300

doi:10.4166/kjg.2013.62.5.296

A Case of Traumatic Inferior Mesenteric Arteriovenous Fistula.

Dong Ok JEON 1 ; Ju Sang PARK ; Ji Eun KIM ; Sang Jin LEE ; Hyo Jin CHO ; Sung Gyu IM ; Il Dong KIM ; Eun Mee HAN

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Keywords

Inferior mesenteric artery; Arteriovenous fistula; Abdominal injuries

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Inferior mesenteric arteriovenous fistula is rare and may be congenital or acquired. Affected patients present with abdominal pain, mass, or manifestations of portal hypertension and bowel ischemia. Until now, inferior mesenteric arteriovenous fistula due to trauma has not been reported. Herein, we report a case of a 53-year-old woman who had inferior mesenteric arteriovenous fistula considered to have originated from remote blunt trauma that was successfully treated by surgical resection of only the arteriovenous fistula without colectomy. To our knowledge, this is the first case of traumatic inferior mesenteric arteriovenous fistula.