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Query: UMLS:C0039483 (
giant cell arteritis
)
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An 83 year old woman with massive upper
GIT
bleeding was diagnosed as having an aorto-esophageal fistula in the mid descending thoracic aorta which was mildly aneurysmatic and showed atheromatous changes. Past medical history reported
Giant Cell Arteritis
. Following endoscopy and evaluation using CT angiography, the patient underwent an endovascular stent graft repair of the thoracic aorta using a Talent stent graft. Recovery was uneventful and the patient recuperated. This case study discusses a possible common baseline pathology of the thoracic aortic aneurysm, the aorto-esophageal fistula and the
Giant Cell Arteritis
.
...
PMID:[Endovascular stent-graft repair of aorto-esophageal fistula causing upper gastrointestinal bleeding]. 1612 8
