Year 2022 / Volume 114 / Number 7
Letter
Endoscopic diagnosis of primary aortoesophageal fistula: An extremely rare cause of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding

436-437

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.8728/2022

Lorena Carballo-Folgoso, Marta Fernández Menéndez, Almudena Álvarez-Cofiño, Fernando Fernández-Cadenas, Javier Cuevas Pérez, Miguel Fraile López,

Abstract
Primary aortoesophageal fistula, an abnormal communication between native aorta and oesophagus, is an extremely rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The typical symptoms, known as the Chiari´s triad, are only present in 45% of cases. It has a high mortality, so early diagnosis is essential to increase the probability of survival. We present a case report of a patient with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to primary aortoesophageal fistula.
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Carballo-Folgoso L, Fernández Menéndez M, Álvarez-Cofiño A, Fernández-Cadenas F, Cuevas Pérez J, Fraile López M, et all. Endoscopic diagnosis of primary aortoesophageal fistula: An extremely rare cause of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. 8728/2022


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Received: 18/02/2022

Accepted: 21/02/2022

Online First: 04/03/2022

Published: 07/07/2022

Article Online First time: 14 days

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