Aortoesophageal Fistula in a Child With Undiagnosed Vascular Ring: Life-Threatening or Lethal?
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.03.054.
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Abstract
Exsanguinating hematemesis secondary to an aortoesophageal fistula from an impacted foreign body occurred in a patient with a vascular ring. This report describes successful resuscitation and repair in a 6-year-old boy who was transferred from an outside hospital in extremis with an aortoesophageal fistula from a foreign body in the presence of a vascular ring.
Medical subject headings
- Aorta, Thoracic
- Esophageal Fistula
- Esophagus
- Foreign Bodies
- Imaging, Three-Dimensional