Esophageal foreign body causing direct aortic injury

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-117

  Lam, E C S ^a   Brown, J A ^b   Whitaker, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Esophageal perforation; Foreign body; Hematemesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; FISH; GASTROSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; THORACOTOMY; AORTA; ESOPHAGUS; FOREIGN BODY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AORTA; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0037310964     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/948232     Document Type: Article

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