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Chicken Bone Ingestion Leads to Aortoesophageal Fistula With Catastrophic Bleeding

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2023
Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) is an uncommon, but potentially fatal cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Aortoesophageal fistulas caused by foreign body ingestion are rare but devastating.
Raissa Nana Sede Mbakop MD, Jamil Shah MD, Arnold Forlemu MD, Vijay Gayam MD, Praneeth Bandaru MD, Vikash Kumar MD, Madhavi Reddy MD   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Waiting for Attention and Care: Birthing Accounts of Women in Rural Tanzania who Developed Obstetric Fistula as an Outcome of Labour. [PDF]

, 2011
\ud Obstetric fistula is a physically and socially disabling obstetric complication that affects about 3,000 women in Tanzania every year. The fistula, an opening that forms between the vagina and the bladder and/or the rectum, is most frequently caused ...
Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg, Bjørg Evjen-Olsen, Mvungi, Abu, Mvungi Abu, Mselle, Lilian T, Kohi, Thecla W, Moland Karen, Kohi Thecla W, Evjen-Olsen Bjørg, Abu Mvungi, Moland, Karen Marie, Karen Marie Moland, Thecla W Kohi, Mselle Lilian T, Lilian T Mselle   +14 more
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Successful management following combined thoracic endovascular aortic repair and minimally invasive esophagectomy for primary aortoesophageal fistula: A case report

Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery, Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2024.
Abstract Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) is a rare but life‐threatening pathology. We report a case of a primary AEF that was successfully managed with temporary thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) and esophagectomy with video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
Takeshi Yokoe, Yuji Toiyama, Takashi Ichikawa, Ryo Uratani, Hiroki Imaoka, Hiromi Yasuda, Yuki Morimoto, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Yoshiki Okita, Shigeyuki Yoshiyama, Masaki Ohi   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aortoesophageal Fistula Due to Caustic Ingestion [PDF]

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2008
Caustic agent ingestion may produce corrosive lesions that can extend beyond adjacent organs. We report three cases of aortoesophageal fistulas (AEF) after caustic ingestion that were diagnosed by autopsy.AEF is a fatal complication that should be suspected in any patient with caustic ingestion who presents with gastrointestinal bleeding.
Yegane, R.-A., Bashtar, R., Bashashati, M.   +2 more
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Aortoesophageal Fistula Caused by Descending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm

, 2017
A 60 year old man presented in Square Hospitals LTD with hypovolaemic shock,and massive haematemesis.His BP was non-recordable with soft , non-tender abdomen and Hb was 8g/dl with normal prothrombin time and partial thromboplastin time and normal ...
Shagufta Mahmood, M Motahar Hossain, M Akhter Hossain   +2 more
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Aortoesophageal fistula-Arare differential diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

, 2021
Grannemann J, Röper A, Rehberg S, Jansen G. Die aortoösophageale Fistel – Eine seltene Differenzialdiagnose der oberen Gastrointestinalblutung. Der Anaesthesist.
Rehberg, Sebastian, Grannemann, Julia, Röper, Achim, Jansen, Gerrit   +3 more
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Exploring Thoracic Aortic Graft Infection: A Comprehensive Review of Diagnosis and Treatment Options with a Management Strategy Algorithm

Journal of Cardiac Surgery, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
As surveillance and the diagnosis of pathology grow, increasing numbers of patients are undergoing major aortic interventions globally. As a result, surgeons and physicians will encounter thoracic aortic graft infections with increasing frequency. These infections are extremely challenging, high‐risk problems to deal with.
Katie E. O’ Sullivan, Laura Casey, Pushpinder Sidhu, Alastair Graham, Christopher Austin, Michael Hunter, Niraj N. Pandey   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Massive hemorrhage following definitive esophageal chemoradiation: teaching case of a fatal aortoesophageal fistula and lessons learned

Clinical Case Reports, 2017
Key Clinical Message Esophageal self‐expandable metal stents and radiotherapy are valuable in combination for palliation and definitive treatment of esophageal cancer.
Gwendolyn J. McGinnis, John M. Holland, Charles R. Thomas Jr, Nima Nabavizadeh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endovascular treatment of a malignant aortoesophageal fistula [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2009
Journal of Vascular Surgery 49 (2009) 778-778.
Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL ( host institution ), Feezor, Robert J., Hess, Philip J., Lee, W. Anthony   +3 more
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Button battery removed from the stomach resulting in a missed aortoesophageal fistula – a multidisciplinary approach to rescuing a very young patient: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background While coins are still the most common foreign bodies swallowed by children, ingestion of batteries has become more frequent among children due to the increasing access to electronic toys and devices.
Antonino Granata, Caterina Gandolfo, Carlo Acierno, Marcello Piazza, Gaetano Burgio, Mario Traina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source