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AORTO-ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA - A CHALLENGING AND A VERY RARE CASE REPORT

MANIKANDAN .

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Abstract : Digestive hemorrhage is a common clinical    manifestation in several diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. It assumes a dramatic life-threatening situation when the hemorrhage is because of an abnormal communication between the arterial system and digestive system, the aorto­esophageal and aortoenteric fistulas. Saccular  aneurysm of Juxta Phrenic Aorta with esophageal erosion, complicated with massive bout of hemetemesis is a surgical emergency. In such situation, surgical approach is technically demanding and the outcome is guarded. We like to report a very rare presentation of such a clinical scenario and its  surgical outcome.

Keyword :Saccular aneurysm, Aorto-esophageal fistula, hemetemesis

 


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