Perforation of the esophagus by a fish bone leading to an infected pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta

A 79-year-old woman was urgently referred to a district hospital with dull central chest pain after swallowing a fish bone. The bone was removed by esophagoscopy. Eleven days later she presented because of hematemesis. Computed tomography and aortic arch angiography confirmed a diagnosis of esophage...

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Veröffentlicht in:General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2008-08, Vol.56 (8), p.427-429
Hauptverfasser: Kunishige, Hideyuki, Myojin, Kazuhiro, Ishibashi, Yoshimitsu, Ishii, Koji, Kawasaki, Masakazu, Oka, Junichi
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Zusammenfassung:A 79-year-old woman was urgently referred to a district hospital with dull central chest pain after swallowing a fish bone. The bone was removed by esophagoscopy. Eleven days later she presented because of hematemesis. Computed tomography and aortic arch angiography confirmed a diagnosis of esophageal perforation leading to mediastinitis and the presence of an infected pseudoaneurysm. The infected pseudoaneurysm was completely resected, followed by direct aorto-aorta anastomosis and omental coverage in a one-stage operation. She improved and was discharged 2 months later.
ISSN:1863-6705
1863-6713
DOI:10.1007/s11748-008-0266-3