Fatal hemorrhage following perforation of the aorta by a barb of the Gianturco-Rösch esophageal stent

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-84

  Dirks, Klaus ^a   Schulz, T ^a   Schellmann, B ^a   Stolte, M ^a   Lutz, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortoesophageal Fistula; Barb; Complication; Esophagus; Gianturco; Hemorrhage; Metal Stent; Perforation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; GIANTURCO ROSCH ESOPHAGUS STENT; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 0036183181     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-20204     Document Type: Article

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