Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 868-873 , April 2001

Primary aortoduodenal fistula in a patient with a history of intravesical therapy for bladder cancer with bacillus Calmette-Guérin: Review of primary aortoduodenal fistula without abdominal aortic aneurysm

Received 25 April 2000 ,Accepted 22 September 2000.

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☆ Competition on interest: nil.

☆☆ J Vasc Surg 2001;33:868-73.

★ Reprint requests: Richard J. Powell, MD, Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756 (e-mail: Richard.Powell@Hitchcock.org ).

PII: S0741-5214(01)51947-3

doi: 10.1067/mva.2001.112327

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 868-873 , April 2001

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