title: Anastomotic ulcer-induced aortoenteric fistula after esophagogastroplasty.
abstract: A 67-year-old woman underwent an esophagogastrectomy and esophagogastrostomy for carcinoma of the distal esophagus. She died of massive hematemesis and exsanguination on the 14th postoperative day. An acute peptic ulcer-induced aortoenteric fistula was present at the anastomotic line. The literature on peptic ulcer-induced aortoenteric fistulas after esophagogastroplasty is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Bégin
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Sheiner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*