Lui R C, Johnson F E, Horovitz J H, Cunningham J N
Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11219.
J Vasc Surg. 1987 Oct;6(4):379-82. doi: 10.1067/mva.1987.avs0060379.
Fistulous communication between the aorta and esophagus is a rare but usually fatal disorder. Esophageal foreign bodies have been reported to cause aortoesophageal fistula rarely. Spontaneous aortoesophageal fistula as a result of atherosclerotic disease of the aorta has not been reported. This article describes a case of aortoesophageal fistula caused by an ulcerated atherosclerotic plaque, which we believe is the first case report implicating such an etiologic factor.
