Thoracic aortic aneurysm complicated by secondary aortoesophageal fistula after thoracic endovascular aortic repair : a case report

R Spitaels; W Jacob; F Janssens; P Schurmans; L Vanmoerkerke; D Walgraeve; J L Coenegrachts

Thoracic aortic aneurysm complicated by secondary aortoesophageal fistula after thoracic endovascular aortic repair : a case report

Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2017 Oct-Dec;80(4):527-525.

Authors

R Spitaels¹, W Jacob¹, F Janssens¹, P Schurmans¹, L Vanmoerkerke¹, D Walgraeve¹, J L Coenegrachts¹

Affiliation

¹ Dept. of Gastroenterology, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Hasselt, Belgium.

PMID: 29560649

Abstract

This is a case report of a patient with a thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) presenting with dysphagia and weight loss as primary symptoms. She was treated via thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). The procedure was complicated with a secondary aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) for which open surgical repair of the esophageal defect was done. Long term (i.e. more than 30 days) antibiotics were given. The recovery was uneventful.

Keywords: aortoesophageal fistula; case report; dysphagia; thoracic aortic aneurysm; thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Diseases / surgery*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Endovascular Procedures / methods*
Esophageal Fistula / diagnostic imaging
Esophageal Fistula / surgery*
Female
Humans
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications / surgery*
Stents
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular Fistula / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Fistula / surgery*