RUPTURE OF ABDOMINAL AORTA INTO DUODENUM (THROUGH A SINUS TRACT CREATED BY A TUBERCULOUS MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS)
Authors: Herman L. Frosch, William Horowitz
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Case Reports1 September 1944RUPTURE OF ABDOMINAL AORTA INTO DUODENUM (THROUGH A SINUS TRACT CREATED BY A TUBERCULOUS MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS)HERMAN L. FROSCH, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM HOROWITZ, M.D.HERMAN L. FROSCH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM HOROWITZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-3-481 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMesenteric adenitis presents a difficult diagnostic problem because of its diverse symptomatology. In abdominal laparotomies mesenteric adenitis of the non-tuberculous type is found in 6 per cent of cases1 whereas the tuberculous variety is discovered in 0.74 per cent. General autopsy statistics reveal tuberculous mesenteric adenitis in 1-3 per cent; in patients with tuberculosis, the condition was discovered in only 0.79 per cent.Anatomically the abdominal lymph nodes lie along the course of the arteries especially at those points where branches arise from the abdominal aorta. The tuberculous lymph nodes may appear merely enlarged, inflamed, and discrete. They may be...Bibliography1. MEAD CH: Mesenteric lymphadenitis simulating acute appendicitis, Arch. Surg., 1935, xxx, 492. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. COLTCLARK GHGN: Surgical aspects of diseases of abdominal glands, Surg., Gynec., and Obst., 1937, lxv, 771. Google Scholar3. WHITMORE AT: Note on a case of tuberculosis of the mesenteric glands with ulceration into the superior mesenteric artery, Lancet, 1908, ii, 157. Google Scholar4. FISCHMANN J: Arrosion eines Astes der Arteria mesenterica superior infolge von Mesenterialdrüsentuberkulose; Verblutung, Deutsch. Ztschr. f. Chir., 1931, ccxxxiii, 73. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. RUESCHER E: Ein Fall von Mesenterialdrüsentuberkulose kompliziert durch Arrosion eines Mesenterialgefässes, Ztschr. f. Tuberk., 1927, xlvii, 383. Google Scholar6. RAWITZKAJA AJ: Ein Fall von letaler Blutung also Folge einer Tuberkulose der Mesenterialdrüsen, Beitr. z. Klin. d. Tuberk., 1929, lxxi, 790. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. JUMPLEAMAN HDWG: The abdominal aortic aneurysm, Internat. Clin., Vol. 1; Series 2; 1939, p. 167. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication August 22, 1942.From Dr. William A. Robert's Service at Morrisania City Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLocal ComplicationsTuberculous aneurysm of the abdominal aortaA unique case of aorticoduodenal fistula following carcinoma of cervixCarcinoma of the head of the pancreas with aortoduodenal fistulaFATAL RUPTURE OF A TUBERCULOUS AORTIC ANEURYSM: A CASE REPORT*JAMES L. GERMAN, M.D., CHARLES L. GREEN, M.D.Tuberculous aortic perforationsNontraumatic aortic perforations into gastrointestinal tract 1 September 1944Volume 21, Issue 3Page: 481-485KeywordsAortaArteriesAutopsyDuodenumLaparotomyLymph nodes ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...