title: Hybrid stenting therapy for dysphagia aortica with Rokitansky's diverticulum concomitant with thoracic aortic aneurysm.
abstract: An 87-year old man with a past medical history of a descending aortic aneurysm for 20 years presented with progressive dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia. Computed tomography angiography demonstrated the impending rupture of the thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and endoscopic examinations revealed the extrinsic compression of the middle oesophagus with Rokitansky's diverticulum proximal to the compression area. He underwent urgent thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair, followed by oesophageal stenting. The patient's symptoms immediately improved, and the postoperative period was uneventful. This report is the first to describe a hybrid stenting therapy for dysphagia aortica with Rokitansky's diverticulum concomitant with a TAA.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba-City, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors: Kenichi
authors: K
authors: Okamura
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba-City, Ibaraki, Japan suematsu@tf7.so-net.ne.jp.
authors: Yoshihiro
authors: Y
authors: Suematsu
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba-City, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors: Sei
authors: S
authors: Morizumi
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba-City, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors: Mitsuhiro
authors: M
authors: Kawata
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000150:complications*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Oesophageal stenting; Rokitansky's diverticulum; Thoracic aortic aneurysm; Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair