Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 551-554 , October 2009

Aorto-left Renal Cyst Fistula: A Rare Complication of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture

  • Yu-Hui Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Medical University–Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Jen-Dar Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Jen-Dar Chen, Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Tze-Fan Chao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chorng-Kuang How

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Carlos Lam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Medical University–Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • David Hung-Tsang Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chun-I Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 11 February 2009 ,Accepted 14 July 2009.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70427-7

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70427-7

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 551-554 , October 2009

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