Author:
Uemura Hisashi,Matsue Hajime,Suehiro Yasuo,Nakagawa Takaya,Satoh Ayaka,Teshima Yoshio,Bungo Masashi,Satoh Hisashi
Abstract
Abstract
Background
An aortoesophageal fistula can prove to be fatal. Salvage thoracic endovascular aortic repair as a bridging therapy and radical surgery with thoracotomy should be considered while treating aortoesophageal fistula without spontaneous closure. Moreover, it is essential to select a technique that reduces the risk of reinfection. Here we report a rare case of a ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm related to esophageal perforation by a fish bone that led to massive hematemesis and shock, and the surgical treatment of an aortoesophageal fistula that developed after salvage thoracic endovascular aortic repair.
Case presentation
A 70-year-old Japanese female patient was admitted with hematemesis, thoracic pain, and shock related to esophageal perforation of a ruptured descending aortic aneurysm caused by fish bone aspiration and esophageal perforation 1 month previously. An emergency thoracic endovascular aortic repair was performed. Postoperatively, an aortoesophageal fistula that remained open and a food intake-related increase in the inflammatory response was noted. Radical blood-vessel prosthesis implantation and fistula closure were performed. The patient’s postoperative course was favorable and the patient was discharged 22 days after the blood vessel prosthesis implantation.
Conclusion
Such a case of rupture of a descending aortic aneurysm related to perforation by a fish bone and an aortoesophageal fistula is considerably rare. Thus, we report the therapeutic strategy of this particular case and review the relevant literature.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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