Aortoesophageal fistulae due to gunshot wounds: report of two cases with one survivor

We report the cases of two patients who developed aortoesophageal fistulae after sustaining gunshot wounds to the chest. One suddenly exsanguinated 5 hours postinjury while in the angiography suite. The other manifested 4 weeks postinjury while in a rehabilitation hospital for associated spinal cord...

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Published inThe journal of trauma Vol. 38; no. 6; p. 971
Main Authors Kennedy, F R, Cornwell, E E, Camel, J, Demetriades, D, Fleming, A W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.1995
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aortic Diseases - diagnosis
Aortic Diseases - etiology
Esophageal Fistula - diagnosis
Esophageal Fistula - etiology
Fatal Outcome
Fistula - diagnosis
Fistula - etiology
Humans
Male
Thoracotomy
Wounds, Gunshot - complications
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Summary:We report the cases of two patients who developed aortoesophageal fistulae after sustaining gunshot wounds to the chest. One suddenly exsanguinated 5 hours postinjury while in the angiography suite. The other manifested 4 weeks postinjury while in a rehabilitation hospital for associated spinal cord injury. The diagnosis and management were complicated, but the patient lived. He is the only survivor of aortoesophageal fistula due to gunshot wound that we could find in the literature.
ISSN:0022-5282
DOI:10.1097/00005373-199506000-00031