Oesophago-vascular fistulae secondary to benign peptic ulcer disease: a rare cause of fatal haemorrhage
| Autor: | Deirdre M. O’Hanlon, Malcolm P.G. Little, Sean Walsh, Donal F. Courtney, Patrick J. Kenny, Michael J. Kerin, Denis Quill |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Fistula Peptic ulcer disease Aortic Diseases Disease Retrosternal pain Malignancy Esophageal Fistula Aortic aneurysm Esophagus Fatal Outcome Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage medicine Humans Stomach Ulcer Aged Medicine(all) business.industry General surgery Vascular surgery medicine.disease Surgery Peptic ulcer Acute Disease Oesophago-aortic fistula Oesophago-vascular fistula Female Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Popis: | Oesophago-vascular fistulas are a very rare cause of massive upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. The syndrome of sentinel haemorrhage, retrosternal pain and massive subsequent haemorrhage described by Chiari ~ is not always present and even though these fistulas are often associated with the presence of an aortic aneurysm or malignancy, this is not always the case. We present two cases of fatal haematemesis from an oesophago-vascular fistula secondary to benign peptic ulcer diseas4. |
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