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