title: [Aortic pseudoaneurysm as a complication of oesophageal perforation caused by a fish bone].
abstract: We describe the case of a 41 year-old female patient with acute thoracic and epigastric pain associated with dysphagia. Due to the acute onset and the intensity of symptoms an urgent gastroscopy was requested. This was delayed and only performed when further serious complications appeared. This showed an oesophageal perforation due to ingestion of a fish bone, and an aortic pseudoaneurysm. Early determination of the cause and the extraction of fish bone would have avoided the subsequent worsening and long term stay in the hospital. Special tests limitations often delay diagnosis with severe consequences for the patients.
authors: Consultorio de La Perdoma, Centro de Salud Orotava San Antonio, Servicio Canario de la Salud, La Orotava, Tenerife, España. mmendeza@papps.org
authors: M E
authors: ME
authors: Méndez Abad
authors: M M
authors: MM
authors: Francisco Rodríguez
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Ardevol González
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Gorrín Vargas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000209:etiology*; D001842:Bone and Bones; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans