Aortoesophageal fistula secondary to reflux esophagitis

Francis J. Podbielski; Heron E. Rodriguez; Richard Y. Zhu; Todd A. Worley; Jacques Pierre Fontaine; Mark M. Connolly

doi:10.1159/000100921

Aortoesophageal fistula secondary to reflux esophagitis

Francis J. Podbielski^*, Heron E. Rodriguez, Richard Y. Zhu, Todd A. Worley, Jacques Pierre Fontaine, Mark M. Connolly

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Abstract

Aortoenteric fistula is a rare cause of massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding and is in the overwhelming majority of cases due to erosion of a suture line of a prosthetic vascular graft into the bowel. We report the case of a massive fatal gastrointestinal hemorrhage from an aortoenteric fistula secondary to erosion from reflux esophagitis. Proper management requires expedient radiographic and endoscopic evaluation, and even with appropriate management mortality remains extremely high.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	66-67
Number of pages	2
Journal	Digestive Surgery
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000100921
State	Published - Apr 2007

Keywords

Aorta
Esophageal fistula
Esophagitis

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Surgery
Gastroenterology

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Aortoesophageal fistula secondary to reflux esophagitis

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