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abstractpubmed· Abstract 2019· item PMID:31278198
Aorto-oesophageal fistula: a late complication of Boerhaave syndrome. A 68-year-old woman presented with haematemesis and chest pain 3 months after a spontaneous oesophageal perforation. The patient rapidly progressed to a state of hypovolaemic shock and after resuscitation was found to have aorto-oesophageal fistula on CT aortogram. The patient was treated with a successful thoracic endovascular aortic repair.