FATAL HEMORRHAGE DUE TO TRACHEAL-ESOPHAGEAL-AORTIC FISTULA IN A PATIENT WITH DOUBLE AORTIC ARCH

FATAL HEMORRHAGE DUE TO TRACHEAL-ESOPHAGEAL-AORTIC FISTULA IN A PATIENT WITH DOUBLE AORTIC ARCH

We report a case of a18-year-old male with double aortic arch who underwent surgery for bleeding from a left bulbar cavernous angioma of the medulla oblongata. A tracheostomy tube was positioned but after several days the patient died because of a tracheo-esophageal fistula with left aortic arch ero...

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Main Authors: Casimiro Giorgetta, Francesco Inzirillo, Eugenio Ravalli, Francesco Sangrigoli, Luigi Comandatore, Claudio Della Pona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bulgarian Association of Young Surgeons 2016-08-01
Series:International Journal of Surgery and Medicine
Subjects:
double aortic arch
tracheostomy contraindication
hemorrhage
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/ijsm.doubleaorticarch

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/ijsm.doubleaorticarch

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