Esophageal Necrosis After Endoprosthesis for Ruptured Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Type I: Can Long-Segment Stent Grafting of the Thoracoabdominal Aorta Induce Transmural Necrosis?

Dysphagia aortica, mucosal abnormalities on esophagogastroscopy, and mediastinal compression by hematoma at the time of rupture draws our attention toward ischemia of the esophagus after thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Repeated esophagoscopy can provide us with the opportunity to act before full thickness necrosis and mediastinitis occur.