TY  - JOUR
T1  - JEjunoaortic fistula from ingested seamstress needle
AU  - Hambrick E, Rao TR, Lim LT
Y1  - 1979/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370300086016
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 732
EP  - 733
VL  - 114
IS  - 6
N2  - • A 27-year-old man was evaluated for sudden onset of massive hematemesis and hematochezia. A bleeding site was not seen on esophagogastroduodenoscopy. There was little blood in the stomach, which suggested that the bleeding site was below the ligament of Treitz. Angiography demonstrated the presence of an intra-aortic metallic foreign body that resembled a sewing needle. At operation, a chronic jejunoaortic fistula that contained the sewing needle was found and repaired. The patient had no recollection of having swallowed the needle, and it is presumed that he ingested it in infancy. He had an uneventful recovery.(Arch Surg 114:732-733, 1979)
SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370300086016
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370300086016
ER  -