Radiation-induced aortoesophageal fistula: An unusual case of massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-178

  Sivaraman, Sujith K ^a   Drummond, Robert ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortoesophageal fistula; Radiation; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; NAVALBINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ESOPHAGITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RESUSCITATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VOMITING;

AORTIC DISEASES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 0036625093     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(02)00488-2     Document Type: Article

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