title: [Esophageal necrosis following endovascular treatment of a ruptured thoracal aortic aneurism: caused by mediastinal compartment syndrome].
abstract: We report a case of acute esophageal necrosis after endovascular stenting for acute rupture of a thoracic aortic aneurysm into the mediastinum caused by mediastinal compartment syndrome and overstenting of intercostal arteries.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gefässchirurgie und Nierentransplantation, Universitätsklinikum der Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Deutschland. rascanu@gmx.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rascanu
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Weis-Müller
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fürst
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grotemeyer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sandmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009336:Necrosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery