Colostomy prolapse

✍ Scribed by M. Corry

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 129 KB
• Volume: 71
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800710130

✦ Synopsis

Sir

Shortly after reading the article by Burke and Jamieson (Br J Siug 1983; 70: 431-3), we treated a case of spontaneous aortocaval fistula which presented with a haematemesis. This seems to be a rare presenting feature and is not mentioned in Burke and Jamieson's article. We feel, therefore, it is worth recording.

A 68-year-old man was admitted to a medical ward with a 20 h history of nausea, back ache, central abdominal pain and a haematemesis. He has apparently vomited a few cupfuls of altered blood. He denied any recent significant drug intake or previous