Aorto-conduit fistula developing four years after esophagectomy

S Strong; S Higgs; C Streets; D Titcomb; P Barham; J Blazeby; A Hollowood

doi:10.1093/jscr/2012.2.8

Aorto-conduit fistula developing four years after esophagectomy

J Surg Case Rep. 2012 Feb 1;2012(2):8. doi: 10.1093/jscr/2012.2.8.

Authors

S Strong¹, S Higgs¹, C Streets¹, D Titcomb¹, P Barham¹, J Blazeby¹, A Hollowood¹

Affiliation

¹ University Hospitals, Bristol, UK.

Abstract

A 71 year old lady was treated for a squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by a two phase Ivor-Lewis oesophagectomy with two field lymphadenectomy. She presented four years later with life threatening bleeding from a fistula between the thoracic aorta and the gastric conduit, which was treated successfully with a thoracic aortic stent.