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  • Title: [Esophageal-aortic fistula as a complication of a traction diverticulum].
    Author: Margreiter R, Suckert K.
    Journal: Chirurg; 1977 May; 48(5):331-3. PubMed ID: 405185.
    Abstract:
    After massive hematemesis esophageal varices were found by radiography and endoscopy in a 79-year-old woman. Two episodes of bleeding could be stopped with the Sengstaken-Blakemore-tube. The patient, however, died after heavy vomitting of arterial blood, although the tube was in the proper position. Atopsy shows a fistula between a tractiondiverticulum of the esophagus and the aorta. A flaringup of an old tuberculosis, demonstrated by histology, caused the colliquating of the wall of the diverticulum and also the arrosion of the aorta.
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