Successful surgical treatment of a 4-month infant after exsanguination for aortoesophageal fistula.
We report on the case of a 4-month infant in hypovolemic shock for severe digestive hemorrhage 38 days after surgical treatment of a double aortic arch who underwent a successful emergency thoracotomy for suspicion of an aortoesophageal fistula.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital de Pediatría SAMIC Prof Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires 1245, Argentina. amanda_dangelis@hotmail.com
Amanda R D V
AR
D'Angelis
Horacio
H
Questa
Fermín
F
Prieto
Luis
L
Laundry
Alberto
A
Charroqui
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012074:Remission Induction; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000601:surgery*