Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
1997 Nov;30(11):1142-1144.
Arterioesophageal Fistula Due to an Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery: A case report
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Taejeon, Korea.
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- A case of fatal hematemesis due to an aberrant right subclavian arterioesophageal fistula which is a rare complication of the vascular ring is presented. A 42-year-old man with multiple injury by traffic accident presented severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding and was taken emergent operation. He was keeping tracheostomy tube and nasogastric tube for 7 weeks. We could find an aberrant right subclavian arterioesophageal fistula through left thoracotomy which was made by irritation of the prolonged nasogastric tube. We carried division of the aberrant right subclavian artery and fistulectomy. He was doing well postoperatively. But massive bleeding occurred at the fifth postoperative day. We performed emergent reoperation at CCU and found the tear point on the suture site of the aorta, which might be developed due to irritation of the chest tube and/or infection of the surrounding tissues. He was expired at the 8th postoperative day due to ischemic brain damage.
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