Endoluminal Stenting of the Aorta: as Treatment of Aortoesophageal Fistula due to Primary Aortic Disease

AUTOR(ES)

D'Ancona, Giuseppe

RESUMO

A 78-year-old woman with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was admitted to the emergency room with hematemesis. With use of esophagoscopy, chest computed tomographic scanning, and aortography, we found a large descending aortic aneurysm and a penetrating ulcer of the proximal descending aorta. We determined that the patient had an aortoesophageal fistula and pseudoaneurysm that had originated from a ruptured penetrating ulcer of the mid-descending aorta.

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