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Delayed traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta into the esophagus

Author(s) -

Vassilios A. Komborozos,

Ion Belenis,

C. Malagari,

P. Yannopoulos

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

diseases of the esophagus

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.115

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1442-2050

pISSN - 1120-8694

DOI - 10.1093/dote/11.1.66

Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , blunt , thoracic aorta , surgery , fistula , hematoma , aorta , radiology

A case of delayed rupture of the thoracic aorta into the esophagus after blunt thoracic injury is reported. It involved a hemodynamically stable 18-year-old male patient without any clinical or radiological signs to indicate aortic injury. Aortoesophageal fistula presented in the fifth post traumatic day, with a sudden dyspnea episode, intraperitoneal hemorrhage and lower gastrointestinal bleeding, due to intraperitoneal and intragastric rupture of intramural esophageal hematoma.

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