[Aortoesophageal fistula: successful management of hazardous complication caused by foreign body].
The rate of foreign body ingestion in the gastrointestinal tract requiring endoscopic treatment is 10% to 20% and its retention in the esophagus may represent risk of severe complications. Additionally to endoscopic treatment, surgical procedure might be necessary in approximately 1%.The case of an alcoholic patient, which accidentally ingested a dental prosthesis during an episode of severe drunkenness, is reported. He developed an aortoesophageal fistula that, after endoscopic evaluation, was surgically treated with success.
Ishioka
Shinichi
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Departamento de Gastroenterología, Servicio de Endoscopia Digestiva, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Safatle-Ribeiro
Adriana
A
Artifon
Everson L A
EL
Sampaio Couto
Décio
D
Navarro
Alex
A
Sakai
Paulo
P
Aun
Ricardo
R
Utiyama
Edivaldo
E
Rasslan
Samir
S
Birolini
Dario
D
D000368:Aged; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography; D003679:Deglutition; D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery