Delayed traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta into the esophagus

V A Komborozos; I Belenis; C Malagari; P Yannopoulos

doi:10.1093/dote/11.1.66

Delayed traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta into the esophagus

Dis Esophagus. 2017 Nov 1;11(1):66-67. doi: 10.1093/dote/11.1.66.

Authors

V A Komborozos¹, I Belenis¹, C Malagari¹, P Yannopoulos¹

Affiliation

¹ Second Department of Surgery and the Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, 'Evangelismos' General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 29040486
DOI: 10.1093/dote/11.1.66

Abstract

A case of delayed rupture of the thoracic aorta into the esophagus after blunt thoracic injury is reported. It involved a hemodynamically stable 18-year-old male patient without any clinical or radiological signs to indicate aortic injury. Aortoesophageal fistula presented in the fifth post traumatic day, with a sudden dyspnea episode, intraperitoneal hemorrhage and lower gastrointestinal bleeding, due to intraperitoneal and intragastric rupture of intramural esophageal hematoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aorta, Thoracic / injuries*
Aortic Rupture / complications*
Esophageal Fistula / complications*
Esophageal Fistula / etiology
Fatal Outcome
Hemorrhage / etiology
Hemorrhage / surgery*
Humans
Male
Time Factors
Vascular Fistula / complications*
Vascular Fistula / etiology
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications