Aortoduodenal fistula complicated by acupuncture.

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Category Primary study
JournalInternational journal of cardiology
Year 2005
Recently, acupuncture has become a common therapeutic procedure for pain control worldwide. Although it has been repeatedly reported that acupuncture is effective and safe, several serious complications were also reported. In this article, we present a case of 68-year-old man who died of massive hematemesis resulting from aortoduodenal fistula (ADF), a rare complication of acupuncture therapy.
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First added on: May 19, 2013