Ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm in patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular

Daniel Oliveira De Conti²  Ricardo Ribeiro Dias¹  Alfredo Inácio Fiorelli¹  Noedir A. G. Stolf¹ 

[1] ,HCFMUSP InCor

关键词: Aortic Aneurysm;    Thoracic;    Lupus Erythematosus;    Systemic;    Stents;    Aneurisma da aorta torácica;    Lúpus eritematoso sistêmico;    Stents;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-76382011000100022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

It is reported a ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysm in a 25-year-old systemic lupus erythematosus woman who underwent 19 years steroid therapy. She was treated with 2 endovascular stent-grafts, discharged from hospital 13 days after the procedure in good health. Three months later she returned with hemorrhagic shock due to high digestive hemorrhage secondary to an aortic-esophageal fistula. She underwent to an open emergency surgery, and died during the post-operative period.

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