Chicken Bone Ingestion Leads to Aortoesophageal Fistula With Catastrophic Bleeding

• Main Authors: Raissa Nana Sede Mbakop MD (Author), Jamil Shah MD (Author), Arnold Forlemu MD (Author), Vijay Gayam MD (Author), Praneeth Bandaru MD (Author), Vikash Kumar MD (Author), Madhavi Reddy MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) is an uncommon, but potentially fatal cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Aortoesophageal fistulas caused by foreign body ingestion are rare but devastating. The classic clinical triad of AEF consists of mid-thoracic pain or dysphagia, a herald episode of hemateme...