Temporary stent placement in 2 cases of aortoesophageal fistula

摘要

The aortoesophageal fistula is a life-threatening disorder with a nearly always fatal outcome. Proper management requires expedient endoscopic and radiographic evaluation for diagnosis, bridging stent therapy, and definitive surgery with grafts. We present 2 typical cases and discuss, the role of endoscopy in the diagnosis and the use of an esophageal prosthesis as a new therapeutic tool for bridging therapy in the light of the therapeutic strategies described so far#