title: Primary aortoesophageal fistula: a rare variant of a ruptured chronic posttraumatic dissecting aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta.
abstract: Presented herein is own experience in successful management of a female patient diagnosed with a primary aortoesophageal fistula secondary to a rupture of a chronic posttraumatic dissecting aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta into the oesophagus. The contained herein review of the literature deals with the problems concerning surgical policy of and indications for different variants of reconstructive operations on the aorta and oesophagus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery of the Aorta and its Branches B. V. Petrovsky Russian Research Centre of Surgery, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Yu V
authors.initials: YV
authors.lastname: Belov
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Stepanenko
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gens
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Savichev
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Bobylev
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Komarov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000379:methods*; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans