Primary aorto-esophageal fistula due to Takayasu's aortitis

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-114

  Reddi, A ^a   Chetty, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorto esophageal fistula; Esophagus; Hematemesis; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ELASTIC FIBER; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HEMATEMESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; TISSUE GRAFT; TUBERCULOSIS; VASCULAR FIBROSIS;

EID: 0037353505     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(02)00186-2     Document Type: Article

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