Takei Norie, Kunieda Takeshige, Kumada Yoshitaka, Murayama Masanori
Department of General Internal Medicine, Matsunami General Hospital, Japan.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Matsunami General Hospital, Japan.
Intern Med. 2018 Nov 15;57(22):3255-3259. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.0493-17. Epub 2018 Jul 6.
A 79-year-old man with appetite loss and nausea for 1 month was admitted to our hospital. His thoracic aortic aneurysm had gradually increased in size due to perigraft endoleak after the previous aneurysm repair surgery. Although he showed no hematemesis, melena, or a fever, gastrointestinal endoscopy and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed an aortoesophageal fistula (AEF). He developed septic shock due to a perigraft abscess and eventually died, although aortic graft replacement and esophageal transection were performed. Clinical suspicion is the most important factor for obtaining an accurate diagnosis and improving the prognosis in cases of AEF.
一名79岁男性,因食欲减退和恶心1个月入院。他的胸主动脉瘤在前次动脉瘤修复手术后因移植物周围内漏而逐渐增大。尽管他没有呕血、黑便或发热,但胃肠内镜检查和增强计算机断层扫描(CT)显示存在主动脉食管瘘(AEF)。他因移植物周围脓肿并发感染性休克,尽管进行了主动脉移植物置换和食管横断术,最终仍死亡。临床怀疑是获得AEF准确诊断和改善预后的最重要因素。