Successful management of life-threatening aortoesophageal fistula: A case report and review of the literature

Table 1 Reported cases of aortoesophageal fistula treated with thoracic endovascular aortic repair in patients with esophageal cancer

Ref.	Age (yr)	Sex	Symptoms	Performed endoscopy	Definitive diagnosis by contrast CT	Location of fistula	Treatment	Cause of death	Prognosis
Kato et al[23]	59	Male	Hematemesis	No	No	DTA	TEVAR	Pneumonia	6 mo, death
Ikeda et al[25]	64	Male	Massive upper intestinal bleeding	No	Yes	DTA	TEVAR	-	6 mo, alive
Feezor et al[27]	48	Male	Hematemesis	No	Yes	DTA	TEVAR	Hemoptysis	3 mo, death
Ghosh et al[26]	47	Male	Hematemesis	Yes	Yes	DTA	TEVAR+ esophageal stent	Cancer	2 mo, death
Ishikawa et al[24]	75	Female	Hematemesis	Yes	No	DTA	TEVAR	Sepsis	5 mo, death
Ishikawa et al[24]	81	Male	Chest discomfort, anorexia	Yes	No	DTA	TEVAR	-	12 mo, alive
Ishikawa et al[24]	66	Female	No symptoms	No	Yes	DTA	TEVAR	-	6 mo, alive
Dorweiler et al[28]	60	Female	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	TEVAR	Cancer cachexia	7 mo, death
Dorweiler et al[28]	71	Male	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	TEVAR	Sepsis	0 mo, death
Dorweiler et al[28]	68	Male	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	TEVAR	Sepsis/pneumonia	3 mo, death
Wong et al[1]	87	Female	Hematemesis	Yes	Yes	DTA	TEVAR	Cancer	3 mo, death
Wong et al[1]	58	Male	Hematemesis	Yes	No	DTA	TEVAR	Cancer	4 mo, death
Nagata et al[22]	58	Male	Hypotension	Yes	Yes	DTA	TEVAR	Cancer	2 mo, death
Sasaki et al[19]	67	Male	Hematemesis	Yes	No	DTA	TEVAR	Cancer	4 mo, death
Iwabu et al[2]	69	Male	Bloody bowel discharge	No	No	DTA	TEVAR	Cancer	7 mo, death
Guerrero et al[21]	69	Male	Hematemesis, chest pain, hypotension	Yes	Yes	DTA	TEVAR	Hematemesis	0 mo, death
Chen et al[29]	55	Male	Hematemesis	Unknown	No	DTA	EMB+TEVAR	Cancer	4 mo, death
Chen et al[29]	53	Male	Hematemesis	Unknown	Yes	DTA	EMB+TEVAR	Cancer	7 mo, death
Chen et al[29]	61	Male	Hematemesis	Unknown	Yes	AA	TEVAR	-	6 mo, alive
Our case	66	Male	Hematemesis and Chest pain	No	Yes	DTA	TEVAR	Cancer	2 mo, death

AEF: Aortoesophageal fistula; EMB: Embolization of the aortic fistula; DTA: Descending thoracic aorta; AA: Aortic arch; TEVAR: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair.