• Eur Spine J · May 2015

    Case Reports

    An acute abdominal syndrome reveals a postoperative ilio-iliac arteriovenous fistula: about one case.

    • Maxime Barat, Guillaume Ssi Yan Kai, Sophie Maitre, and Jocelyne de Laveaucoupet.
    • Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 157 rue de la Porte de Trivaux, 92140, Clamart, France, maxime.barat89@gmail.com.
    • Eur Spine J. 2015 May 1;24 Suppl 4:S577-9.

    IntroductionPostoperative ilio-iliac arteriovenous fistula is an unusual but known complication after lumbar surgery.Case ReportWe report the case of a 74-year-old patient consulted at the emergency department for intense acute abdominal syndrome revealing a post-operative common ilio-iliac arteriovenous fistula 5 years after a lumbosacral arthrodesis L3-S1. The patient was treated with an endovascular arterial stent-graft with immediate vascular and clinical results.ConclusionArteriovenous fistula is a possible etiology of acute abdominal syndrome in patients with lumbar or abdominopelvic surgery history.

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