title: [Aortoesophageal fistula: successful management of hazardous complication caused by foreign body].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gastroenterología, Servicio de Endoscopia Digestiva, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishioka
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Safatle-Ribeiro
authors.forename: Everson L A
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Artifon
authors.forename: Décio
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sampaio Couto
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aun
authors.forename: Edivaldo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Utiyama
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rasslan
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birolini
mesh_terms: 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