Aortoesophageal Fistula Secondary to Reflux Esophagitis | Zendy

Francis J. Podbielski | Zendy; Heron E. Rodríguez | Zendy; Richard Zhu | Zendy; Todd A. Worley | Zendy; Jacques P. Fontaine | Zendy; Mark Connolly | Zendy

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Aortoesophageal Fistula Secondary to Reflux Esophagitis

Author(s) -

Francis J. Podbielski,

Heron E. Rodríguez,

Richard Zhu,

Todd A. Worley,

Jacques P. Fontaine,

Mark Connolly

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

digestive surgery

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762

H-Index - 69

eISSN - 1421-9983

pISSN - 0253-4886

DOI - 10.1159/000100921

Subject(s) - medicine , aortoenteric fistula , suture line , fistula , gastrointestinal bleeding , surgery , esophagitis , reflux esophagitis , general surgery , reflux , aneurysm , disease , abdominal aortic aneurysm

Aortoenteric fistula is a rare cause of massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding and is in the overwhelming majority of cases due to erosion of a suture line of a prosthetic vascular graft into the bowel. We report the case of a massive fatal gastrointestinal hemorrhage from an aortoenteric fistula secondary to erosion from reflux esophagitis. Proper management requires expedient radiographic and endoscopic evaluation, and even with appropriate management mortality remains extremely high.

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