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Aorto-conduit fistula developing four years after esophagectomy.

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.
AuthorsS Strong, S Higgs, C Streets, D Titcomb, P Barham, J Blazeby, A Hollowood
JournalJournal of surgical case reports (J Surg Case Rep) Vol. 2012 Issue 2 Pg. 8 (Feb 01 2012) ISSN: 2042-8812 [Print] England
PMID24960784 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
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