A Case of Intrathoracic Stomach and Spleen After Aortic Repair: An Unusual Complication

A patient is described who presented with an intrathoracic stomach and spleen two weeks after aortic repair for an aortoduodenal fistula. At an urgent laparotomy the stomach was repositioned and the spleen removed. The patient recovered fully. The possible mechanism of this severe complication is di...

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Autores principales: de Haas, Stephanie A.M., van der Weijden, P.K.C., Steenvoorde, P., Joosten, P.P. Hedeman
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21629527
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr2010.04.293w
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author de Haas, Stephanie A.M.
van der Weijden, P.K.C.
Steenvoorde, P.
Joosten, P.P. Hedeman
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description A patient is described who presented with an intrathoracic stomach and spleen two weeks after aortic repair for an aortoduodenal fistula. At an urgent laparotomy the stomach was repositioned and the spleen removed. The patient recovered fully. The possible mechanism of this severe complication is discussed and relevant literature reviewed. KEYWORDS: Aortoduodenal fistula; Complication; Intrathoracic stomach; Intrathoracic spleen
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spelling pubmed-31046392011-05-31 A Case of Intrathoracic Stomach and Spleen After Aortic Repair: An Unusual Complication de Haas, Stephanie A.M. van der Weijden, P.K.C. Steenvoorde, P. Joosten, P.P. Hedeman J Clin Med Res Case Report A patient is described who presented with an intrathoracic stomach and spleen two weeks after aortic repair for an aortoduodenal fistula. At an urgent laparotomy the stomach was repositioned and the spleen removed. The patient recovered fully. The possible mechanism of this severe complication is discussed and relevant literature reviewed. KEYWORDS: Aortoduodenal fistula; Complication; Intrathoracic stomach; Intrathoracic spleen Elmer Press 2010-06 2010-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3104639/ /pubmed/21629527 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr2010.04.293w Text en Copyright © 2010, Haas et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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de Haas, Stephanie A.M.
van der Weijden, P.K.C.
Steenvoorde, P.
Joosten, P.P. Hedeman
A Case of Intrathoracic Stomach and Spleen After Aortic Repair: An Unusual Complication
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