title: [Endovascular stent-graft repair of aorto-esophageal fistula causing upper gastrointestinal bleeding].
abstract: An 83 year old woman with massive upper GIT bleeding was diagnosed as having an aorto-esophageal fistula in the mid descending thoracic aorta which was mildly aneurysmatic and showed atheromatous changes. Past medical history reported Giant Cell Arteritis. Following endoscopy and evaluation using CT angiography, the patient underwent an endovascular stent graft repair of the thoracic aorta using a Talent stent graft. Recovery was uneventful and the patient recuperated. This case study discusses a possible common baseline pathology of the thoracic aortic aneurysm, the aorto-esophageal fistula and the Giant Cell Arteritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Soroka Medical Center, affiliated to the Ben-Gurion Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ginzburg
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Greenber
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: Chorche
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: Vadim
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zudikov
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirstein
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szendro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome