title: A case of intrathoracic stomach and spleen after aortic repair: an unusual complication.
abstract: A patient is described who presented with an intrathoracic stomach and spleen two weeks after aortic repair for an aortoduodenal fistula. At an urgent laparotomy the stomach was repositioned and the spleen removed. The patient recovered fully. The possible mechanism of this severe complication is discussed and relevant literature reviewed.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Aortoduodenal fistula; Complication; Intrathoracic stomach; Intrathoracic spleen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care, Rijnland Hospital Leiderdorp, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Stephanie A M
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: de Haas
authors.forename: P K C
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: van der Weijden
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Steenvoorde
authors.forename: P P Hedeman
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Joosten