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FATAL HAEMATEMESIS FROM AN AORTO‐OESOPHAGEAL FISTULA OF OBSCURE AETIOLOGY: A CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Ferguson Laurence J.,
Goldin Alan R.,
Kench Peter,
Walsh John A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1980.tb04153.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aortography , laparotomy , surgery , etiology , fistula , radiology , embolization , endoscopy , general surgery , aorta
Endoscopy, aortography and laparotomy failed to demonstrate a high aorto‐oesophageal fistula of obscure aetiology in a woman presenting with haematemesis. Recognition of Chiari's triad: mid‐thoracic pain, sentinel arterial haemorrhage, and final exsanguination after a symptom‐free interval, and therapeutic embolization as a mode of therapy, are discussed.