Open AccessAn unusual cause of gastrointestinal bleed
Author(s) -
CK Adarsh,
Ravi P. Kiran,
. Mallikarjun
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.138160
Subject(s) - bleed , medicine , aortoenteric fistula , varices , general surgery , surgery , abdominal aortic aneurysm , aneurysm , cirrhosis
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleed often brings the patient to the emergency medical service with great anxiety. Known common causes of GI bleed include ulcers, varices, Mallory-Weiss among others. All causes of GI bleed should be considered however unusual during the evaluation. Aortoenteric fistula (AEF) is one of the unusual causes of GI bleed, which has to be considered especially in patients with a history of abdominal surgery in general and aortic surgery in particular.