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Flexible sigmoidoscopy 72 months following stent placement.
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Flexible sigmoidoscopy demonstrated partial stent erosion into the mucosa with tissue ingrowth and severe friability within the Hartmann's stump (Fig. 1).
Autopsy image rectal stump and of arterio-rectal communication with left EIA.
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ACLS. An autopsy revealed full-thickness erosion of the stent with metallic mesh wires embedded throughout the exposed colonic mucosa (Fig. 2) and transmural erosion of the stent into the left EIA with hemorrhage (Fig. 3).