The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 54, 564-565, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Anastomotic ulcer-induced aortoenteric fistula after esophagogastroplasty
LR Begin and NM Sheiner
Department of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
A 67-year-old woman underwent an esophagogastrectomy and
esophagogastrostomy for carcinoma of the distal esophagus. She died of
massive hematemesis and exsanguination on the 14th postoperative day. An
acute peptic ulcer-induced aortoenteric fistula was present at the
anastomotic line. The literature on peptic ulcer-induced aortoenteric
fistulas after esophagogastroplasty is reviewed.