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Michael E. Peter, MD; John R. Benfield, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1972;104(6):787-790.

Abstract
Two middle-aged women had benign gastroenteric fistulas in the absence of previous gastric operations. They were both aspirin abusers and both were treated with onestage resection of the fistula and involved adjacent organs. To our knowledge, these two patients bring to 24 the cases reported in the English literature. Over one third of them had histories which included the use of steroids and aspirin. In this review article it appears that aspirin and steroid users with gastric ulcers are vulnerable to the formation of spontaneous gastroenteric fistulas.

Author Affiliations
Los Angeles

From the Department of Surgery, Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, Calif; and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 15, 1972.

Read before the annual meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Santa Barbara, Calif, Jan 16,1972.

Reprint requests to 1000 W Carson St, Torrance, Calif 90509 (Dr. Benfield).

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