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Titel:

Delayed aortic rupture after radiochemotherapy and esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.

Dokumenttyp:
Case Reports; Journal Article; Article
Autor(en):
von Rahden, BH; Stein, HJ; Reiter, R; Becker, I; Siewert, JR
Abstract:
Spontaneous rupture of major vessels is a known though rare complication in treatment of patients with esophageal cancer, but its pathophysiology is not very well understood. We herein report about the sudden death of a 42-year-old man due to spontaneous aortic rupture, 11 days after transthoracic esophagectomy. Because of a locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the distal esophagus, which was considered irresectable at the time of presentation, the patient had received one course of chemo...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Dis Esophagus
Jahr:
2003
Band / Volume:
16
Heft / Issue:
4
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
346-9
Sprache:
eng
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14641303
Print-ISSN:
1120-8694
TUM Einrichtung:
Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik; Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie
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