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Case Reports
. 2001;14(1):76-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2001.00156.x.

Perforation of a gastric tube peptic ulcer into the thoracic aorta

I E Katsoulis  1 , G Veloudis, D Exarchos, P Yannopoulos
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Case Reports

Perforation of a gastric tube peptic ulcer into the thoracic aorta

I E Katsoulis et al. Dis Esophagus. 2001.

Abstract

We present a case of a 52-year-old male patient who died from massive hematemesis as a result of perforation of a benign peptic ulcer into the descending thoracic aorta, 1 year after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer and gastric tube interposition. We also review the literature for mechanisms of ulceration in intrathoracic gastric grafts and for complications of such ulcers.

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