Aortoesophageal fistula in a child

• Main Authors: Shasanka Shekhar Panda (Author), Sandeep Agarwala (Author), Sushil Kumar Kabra (Author), Ruma Ray (Author), Nidhi Sugandhi (Author), Abdus Sami Bhat (Author), Rakesh Lodha (Author), Prashant Joshi (Author), Akshay Kumar Bisoi (Author), Arundeep Arora (Author), Arun Kumar Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aortoesophageal fistulae (AEF) are rare and are associated with very high mortality. Foreign body ingestions remain the commonest cause of AEF seen in children. However in a clinical setting of tuberculosis and massive upper GI bleed, an AEF secondary to tuberculosis should be kept in mind. An early...