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Le cas clinique du mois. Anevrisme de l'aorte thoracique fistulise dans l'oesophage
Weber, Laurence; Van Damme, Hendrik; Creemers, Etienne et al.
2006In Revue Médicale de Liège, 61 (10), p. 675-81
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Abstract :
[en] Primary aorto-oesophageal fistula, secondary to an aneurysm of the thoracic aorta, are almost fatal. In the literature, only twenty six successfully operated cases have been reported. We report the case of a 78-year-old man with a thoracic aortic aneurysm eroded into the mid oesophagus. Prompt diagnosis of an aorto-oesophageal fistula resulted from clinical history, CT-imaging and oesophagoscopy. The patient was successfully operated by exclusion of the thoracic aneurysm (insertion of a straight cryopreserved arterial allograft), oesophagectomy and cervical oesophagostomy and jejunostomy. The continuity of the digestive tube was later restored after preliminary aortic valve remplacement (stenosis of 0.8 cm2). This case report is the second in which a cryopreserved allograft was successfully implanted in the management of a primary aorto-oesophageal fistula.
Disciplines :
Surgery
Author, co-author :
Weber, Laurence ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Urgences
Van Damme, Hendrik ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Département des sciences cliniques
Creemers, Etienne ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Département des sciences cliniques
Limet, Raymond ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire et thoracique
Language :
French
Title :
Le cas clinique du mois. Anevrisme de l'aorte thoracique fistulise dans l'oesophage
Alternative titles :
[en] Aortoaesophageal Fistula Caused by a Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Publication date :
October 2006
Journal title :
Revue Médicale de Liège
ISSN :
0370-629X
eISSN :
2566-1566
Publisher :
Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, Liège, Belgium
Volume :
61
Issue :
10
Pages :
675-81
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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