Esophageal-Left Atrial Fistula: Intraoperative Diagnosis and Management
| Autor: | Sébastien Trop, Lorenzo E. Ferri, Peter Szego, Constantine A. Soulellis, M. Nguyen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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| Zdroj: | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 84:648-650 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4975 |
| Popis: | Nontraumatic esophageal-atrial fistulas are usually fatal and are diagnosed postmortem. We report a rare case of intraoperative diagnosis and successful surgical management of an esophageal-left atrial fistula in a 70-year-old woman with a history of brachytherapy, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy for esophageal cancer who presented with progressive dysphagia and hematemesis. |
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