Successful salvage of aortoesophageal fistula caused by a fish bone.
We report saving the life of a 66-year-old woman with an aortoesophageal fistula caused by a fish bone. In this case, a hemostastic clip, which was applied to the lesion during emergency endoscopy, facilitated the subsequent diagnosis of this fistula by diagnostic imaging. Compressive hemostasis was effective in controlling preoperative bleeding.
Yamada
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Department of Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
Sato
H
H
Seki
M
M
Kitagawa
S
S
Nakagawa
M
M
Shimazaki
H
H
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001842:Bone and Bones; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans