A Flexible MXene-Black Phosphorus/Zinc Oxide Hybrid Structure with Excellent UVA-Specific Photoelectric Sensing Properties for Human Skin Protection.

Ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation causes various irreversible damages to human skin, so the research about UVA-specific sensing device is urgent. 2D black phosphorus (BP) is used in many photosensors due to its advantages of high carrier mobility and tunable bandgap, but its application for UVA-specific photosensor is not reported. Here, a MXene-BP/Zinc oxide (ZnO) hybrid structure with lamellar-spherical interfaces like finger lime fruit is prepared by the layer-by-layer assembly (LLA) method, and p-n junctions are constructed between BP and ZnO with the Ti3C2Tx electrode, showing excellent photoelectric performance. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate that the enhanced performance is attributed to the rapid separation of photogenerated carriers in the presence of a built-in electric field at interface. Furthermore, a flexible MXene-BP/ZnO based UVA-specific photosensor is prepared, which shows a specific response to UVA as high as 7 mA W-1 and excellent mechanical stability, maintaining 98.46% response after 100 bending cycles. In particular, the integrated anti-UVA skin protection device shows excellent UVA-specific identification and wireless transmission capability, which can provide timely UVA exposure information and skin protection warning for the visually impaired. This work demonstrates a new approach for further developments of advanced photoelectric sensing technology toward improving people's skin health protection.

Clinical outcomes of endoscopic resection for the treatment of intermediate- or high-risk gastric small gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a multicenter retrospective study.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Many studies of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (g-GISTs) following endoscopic resection (ER) have typically focused on tumor size, with most tumors at low risk of aggressiveness after risk stratification. There have been few systematic studies on the oncologic outcomes of intermediate- or high-risk g-GISTs after ER. METHODS: From January 2014 to January 2020, we retrospectively collected patients considered at intermediate- or high-risk of g-GISTs according to the modified NIH consensus classification system. The primary outcome was overall survival (OS). RESULTS: Six hundred and seventy nine (679) consecutive patients were diagnosed with g-GISTs and treated by ER between January 2014 and January 2020 in three hospitals in Shanghai, China. 43 patients (20 males and 23 females) were confirmed at intermediate-or high-risk. The mean size of tumors was 2.23 ± 1.01 cm. The median follow-up period was 62.02 ± 15.34 months, with a range of 28 to 105 months. There were no recurrences or metastases, even among patients having R1 resections. The 5-year OS rate was 97.4% (42/43). CONCLUSION: ER for intermediate- or high-risk gastric small GISTs is a feasible and safe method, which allows for a wait-and-see approach before determining the necessity for imatinib adjuvant or surgical treatment. This approach to g-GISTs does require that patients undergo close follow-up.

Validation of the Modified Location-based Resect-and-discard Strategy Requiring Pathology Examination of Sigmoid Diminutive Polyps.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Recently, the location-based resect-and-discard (LBRD) strategy, which does not depend on optical diagnosis, was developed and demonstrated different surveillance interval agreement with the pathology-based reference in several researches. We aimed to evaluate the performance of LBRD in our first-time colonoscopy cohort, and improve the LBRD. METHODS: The first-time colonoscopy with complete pathologic information were enrolled. The accuracy of LBRD strategy applied in diminutive polyps in different colonic segments was used as indicator to develop modified LBRD (mLBRD) strategy. Surveillance interval agreement with pathology-based reference was compared between LBRD and mLBRD. The ≥ 90% agreement with pathology was used as benchmark. RESULTS: The polyps in sigmoid colon were significantly associated with higher proportion of neoplastic compared with polyps in rectum. The accuracy of LBRD applied in polyps in sigmoid colon were only 53.5%, which was significantly lower than that applied in polyps in other colonic segments. Thus, we hypothesized that mLBRD requiring pathology examination of diminutive polyps in sigmoid colon was more efficient in clinical use. The mLBRD significantly outperformed LBRD in surveillance interval agreement with pathology-based reference (90.2% vs. 83.4%, P<0.001), had lower proportion of patients assigned a longer surveillance interval (3.6% vs. 10.5%, P<0.001) and reached the benchmark, although the proportion of patients with an immediate surveillance interval recommendations and pathology examination avoided decreased. CONCLUSIONS: The mLBRD, but not LBRD, achieved sufficient surveillance interval agreement with pathology-based surveillance interval assignment and reduced over 30% of pathology examinations.

Comprehensive evaluation of the learning curve to achieve satisfactory adenoma detection rate.

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The number of colonoscopies required to reach satisfactory adenoma detection rate (ADR) is not well established. The aim of this study was to identify the appropriate number of procedures required to attain satisfactory ADR for those well-trained endoscopists who have a cecal intubation rate (CIR) ≥ 90% and start to perform colonoscopy independently. METHODS: All endoscopists with compelete independent colonoscopy data during career in our database were enrolled. The number of procedures required to achieve ADR ≥ 20% was identified by cumulative summation (Cusum), learning curve Cusum (LC-Cusum), and moving average method. Mixed effect logistic regression model was developed to determine the relationship between endoscopist as well as patient-related factors and adenoma detection. RESULTS: A total of 24 943 procedures and 14 endoscopists were enrolled. By Cusum analysis, the interest point was at 207 procedures. By LC-Cusum analysis, 71% (10/14) and 86% (12/14) of endoscopists had attained satisfactory ADR after 200 and 300 procedures, respectively. By moving average method, endoscopists reached a mean ADR of 20% at 216 and 261 procedures over blocks of 50 and 100 procedures, respectively. The total number of procedures, number of daily procedures, patient age and gender, bowel preparation, sedation, and diverticulosis were significantly associated with adenoma detection. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to investigate the learning curve of ADR for those well-trained endoscopists who have a CIR ≥ 90% and start to perform colonoscopy independently. Two hundred procedures might be an optimal number required to reach an ADR ≥ 20%.

Circular RNA MTO1 suppresses tumorigenesis of gastric carcinoma by sponging miR-3200-5p and targeting PEBP1.

Gastric carcinoma (GC) is one of the most common cancers with the fifth highest incidence of malignant tumors and the second highest death rate in the world. Ever-increasing investigations have shown that circular RNAs (circRNAs) are involved in the development of numerous cancers. But so far, the recognization for circMTO1 that is realized and studied as a cancer-suppressing gene is a small part and the regulatory mechanism of circMTO1 in GC has yet to be further explored. In this study, our experimental results delineated that circMTO1 exhibited much lower expression level in GC tissues and cells. CircMTO1 overexpression slowed down GC progression via inhibiting cell proliferation, migration, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process. Besides, circMTO1 acted as a sponge for miR-3200-5p as well as it could negatively regulate the expression of miR-3200-5p. Moreover, circMTO1 was verified to compete with PEBP1 to bind to miR-3200-5p, thus decelerating the development of GC. In a word, this study was the first to indagate the underlying mechanism of circMTO1 in GC and confirmed circMTO1 exerted its anti-cancer effects by miR-3200-5p/PEBP1 axis, implying that circMTO1 may become a new promising therapeutic target for GC patients.

Deficiency of alkaline SMase enhances dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in mice with upregulation of autotaxin.

Intestinal alkaline SMase (Alk-SMase) cleaves phosphocholine from SM, platelet-activating factor (PAF), and lysophosphatidylcholine. We recently found that colitis-associated colon cancer was 4- to 5-fold enhanced in Alk-SMase KO mice. Here, we further studied the pathogenesis of colitis induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) in WT and KO mice. Compared with WT mice, KO mice demonstrated greater body weight loss, more severe bloody diarrhea, broader inflammatory cell infiltration, and more serious epithelial injury. Higher levels of PAF and lower levels of interleukin (IL)10 were identified in KO mice 2 days after DSS treatment. A greater and progressive increase of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) was identified. The change was associated with increased autotaxin expression in both small intestine and colon, which was identified by immunohistochemistry study, Western blot, and sandwich ELISA. The upregulation of autotaxin coincided with an early increase of PAF. IL6 and TNFα were increased in both WT and KO mice. At the later stage (day 8), significant decreases in IL6, IL10, and PAF were identified, and the decreases were greater in KO mice. In conclusion, deficiency of Alk-SMase enhances DSS-induced colitis by mechanisms related to increased autotaxin expression and LPA formation. The early increase of PAF might be a trigger for such reactions.

Mevalonate inhibits acid sphingomyelinase activity, increases sphingomyelin levels and inhibits cell proliferation of HepG2 and Caco-2 cells.

BACKGROUND: Sphingomyelin (SM) and cholesterol are two types of lipid closely related biophysically. Treating the cells with exogenous sphingomyelinase (SMase) induces trafficking of cholesterol from membrane to intracellular pools and inhibition of cholesterol synthesis. In the present work, we address a question whether increased cholesterol synthesis affects hydrolysis of SM by endogenous SMases. METHODS: Both HepG2 and Caco-2 cells were incubated with mevalonate. The SMase activity was determined and its mRNA examined by qPCR. The cellular levels of cholesterol, SM, and phosphatidylcholine (PC) were determined and cell proliferation rate assayed. RESULTS: We found that mevalonate dose-dependently decreased acid but not neutral SMase activity in both HepG2 and Caco-2 cells with HepG2 cells being more sensitive to mevalonate. Kinetic examination in HepG2 cells revealed that acid SMase activity was increasing with cell proliferation, and such an increase was reversed by mevalonate treatment. Acid SMase mRNA was not significantly decreased and Western blot showed signs of proteolysis of acid SMase by mevalonate. After mevalonate treatment, the levels of cholesterol were significantly increased associated with increases in SM and PC. The cell growth was retarded by mevalonate and the effect was more obvious in HepG2 cells than in Caco-2 cells. CONCLUSION: Mevalonate can trigger a mechanism to enhance SM levels by inhibition of acid SMase. The effect may ensure the coordinate changes of SM and cholesterol in the cells. Mevalonate also affects cell growth with mechanism required further characterization.

The characteristics of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: an analysis of 1317 cases in southeastern China.

AIM OF THE STUDY: To research the demographic and histopathological features of ESCC in southeastern China. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the ESCC cases in the biobank of the National Engineering Centre for Biochip in Shanghai, which cooperates with lots of hospitals and research institutions in southeastern China. The patients were pathologically confirmed as having ESCC. The demographic and histopathological features of these cases were analysed subsequently. RESULTS: A total of 1317 patients were enrolled. The overall male: female ratio was 2.88: 1. 74.34% of these cases occurred in people aged between 50-70 years. Dysphagia was the most common symptom, which accounted for 93.40% of all the patients. Stage II and III were predominant (79.73%). 72.89% of patients had a tumour length greater than 3 cm. Most of the tumours (65.83%) were located in middle third of the oesophagus. There was a significant difference among the tumour stage, length, and location in different sex groups (P < 0.05), but not between different age groups (P > 0.05). In males, ESCC is usually located in the lower parts, with a longer tumour length and higher tumour stage. 24.15% of patients had lymph nodes ratio (LNR) > 0.2. CONCLUSIONS: In our analysis, dysphagia was more common in ESCC patients, to whom more attention should be paid. Additionally, males had a higher incidence, with longer and more distant disease, which gives a poor prognosis.

Visual and corresponding tactile dataset of flexible material for robots and cross modal perception.

Humans primarily understand the world around them through visual perception and touch. As a result, visual and tactile information play crucial roles in the interaction between humans and their environment. In order to establish a correlation between what is seen and what is felt on the same object, particularly on flexible objects (such as textile, leather, skin etc.) which humans often access by touch to cooperatively determine their quality, the need for a new dataset that includes both visual and tactile information arises. This has motivated us to create a dataset that combines visual images and corresponding tactile data to explore the potential of cross-modal data fusion. We have chosen leather as our object of focus due to its widespread usage in everyday life. The dataset we propose consists of visual images depicting leather in various colours and displaying defects, alongside corresponding tactile data collected from the same region of the leather. Notably, the tactile data comprises components along the X, Y, and Z axes. To effectively demonstrate the relationship between visual and tactile data on the same object region, the tactile data is aligned with the visual data and visualized through interpolation. Considering the potential applications in computer vision, we have manually labelled the defect regions in each visual-tactile sample. Ultimately, the dataset comprises a total of 687 records. Each sample includes visual images, image representations of the tactile data (referred to as tactile images for simplicity), and segmentation images highlighting the defect regions, all with the same resolution.

Overexpression of EphB2 in the basolateral amygdala is crucial for inducing visceral pain sensitization in rats subjected to water avoidance stress.

AIMS: Basolateral amygdala (BLA), as a center for stress responses and emotional regulation, is involved in visceral hypersensitivity of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) induced by stress. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the role of EphB2 receptor (EphB2) in BLA and explore the underlying mechanisms in this process. METHODS: Visceral hypersensitivity was induced by water avoidance stress (WAS). Elevated plus maze test, forced swimming test, and sucrose preference test were applied to assess anxiety- and depression-like behaviors. Ibotenic acid or lentivirus was used to inactivate BLA in either the induction or maintenance stage of visceral hypersensitivity. The expression of protein was determined by quantitative PCR, immunofluorescence, and western blot. RESULTS: EphB2 expression was increased in BLA in WAS rats. Inactivation of BLA or downregulation of EphB2 in BLA failed to induce visceral hypersensitivity as well as anxiety-like behaviors. However, during the maintenance stage of visceral pain, visceral hypersensitivity was only partially relieved but anxiety-like behaviors were abolished by inactivation of BLA or downregulation of EphB2 in BLA. Chronic WAS increased the expression of EphB2, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs), and postsynaptic density protein (PSD95) in BLA. Downregulation of EphB2 in BLA reduced NMDARs and PSD95 expression in WAS rats. However, activation of NMDARs after the knockdown of EphB2 expression still triggered visceral hypersensitivity and anxiety-like behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, the results suggest that EphB2 in BLA plays an essential role in inducing visceral hypersensitivity. In the maintenance stage, the involvement of EphB2 is crucial but not sufficient. The increase in EphB2 induced by WAS may enhance synaptic plasticity in BLA through upregulating NMDARs, which results in IBS-like symptoms. These findings may give insight into the treatment of IBS and related psychological distress.

Hybrid argon plasma coagulation for the treatment of Barrett's esophagus: A prospective, multicenter study.

BACKGROUND: The incidence of Barrett's esophagus (BE) in China is lower compared to the Western populations. Hence, studies conducted in the Chinese population has been limited. The current treatment options available for BE treatment includes argon plasma coagulation (APC), radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation, all with varying degrees of success. AIM: To determine the efficacy and safety of HybridAPC in the treatment of BE. METHODS: The study cohort consisted of patients with BE who underwent HybridAPC ablation treatment. These procedures were performed by seven endoscopists from different tertiary hospitals. The duration of the procedure, curative rate, complications and recurrent rate by 1-year follow-up were recorded. RESULTS: Eighty individuals were enrolled for treatment from July 2017 to June 2020, comprising of 39 males and 41 females with a median age of 54 years (range, 30 to 83 years). The technical success rate of HybridAPC was 100% and the overall curative rate was 98.15%. No severe complications occurred during the operation. BE cases were classified as short-segment BE and long-segment BE. Patients with short-segment BE were all considered cured without complications. Thirty-six patients completed the one-year follow-up without recurrence. Twenty-four percent had mild dysplasia which were all resolved with one post-procedural treatment. The mean duration of the procedure was 10.94 ± 6.52 min. CONCLUSION: Treatment of BE with HybridAPC was found to be a simple and quick procedure that is safe and effective during the short-term follow-up, especially in cases of short-segment BE. This technique could be considered as a feasible alternative ablation therapy for BE.

Optical enhancement mode 2 improves the detection rate of gastric neoplastic lesion in high-risk populations: A multicenter randomized controlled clinical study.

OBJECTIVES: Detection of early neoplastic lesions is crucial for improving the survival rates of patients with gastric cancer. Optical enhancement mode 2 is a new image-enhanced endoscopic technique that offers bright images and can improve the visibility of neoplastic lesions. This study aimed to compare the detection of neoplastic lesions with optical enhancement mode 2 and white-light imaging (WLI) in a high-risk population. METHODS: In this prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial, patients were randomly assigned to optical enhancement mode 2 or WLI groups. Detection of suspicious neoplastic lesions during the examinations was recorded, and pathological diagnoses served as the gold standard. RESULTS: A total of 1211 and 1219 individuals were included in the optical enhancement mode 2 and WLI groups, respectively. The detection rate of neoplastic lesions was significantly higher in the optical enhancement mode 2 group (5.1% vs. 1.9%; risk ratio, 2.656 [95% confidence interval, 1.630-4.330]; p < 0.001). The detection rate of neoplastic lesions with an atrophic gastritis background was significantly higher in the optical enhancement mode 2 group (8.6% vs. 2.6%, p < 0.001). The optical enhancement mode 2 group also had a higher detection rate among endoscopists with different experiences. CONCLUSIONS: Optical enhancement mode 2 was more effective than WLI for detecting neoplastic lesions in the stomach, and can serve as a new method for screening early gastric cancer in clinical practice. CLINICAL REGISTRY: United States National Library of Medicine (https://www. CLINICALTRIALS: gov), ID: NCT040720521.

Abnormal activity of default mode network in GERD patients.

BACKGROUND: Abnormal processing of esophageal sensation at the level of the central nervous system has been proven to be involved in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However, most studies were focused on the possible functions of perceptual processing related network during task status, little attention has been paid to default mode network, which has been manifested to be important in the pathogenesis of many diseases. In our study, we compared the brain activity characteristic in GERD patients with the healthy subjects (HS) at baseline, looking for whether activities of default mode network were abnormal in GERD patients and attempting to identify their possible roles in GERD. In present study, fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation was adopted to detect the brain activities at baseline. Group-level analyses were conducted by one-sample t test within groups (voxel thresholds were p<0.001 and cluster level>42, corrected P<0.05) and independent-samples t test between groups (p<0.01 and cluster level>90, corrected P<0.05) using SPM5. RESULTS: The predominant activity area in both groups mainly located in default mode network such as medial superior frontal gyrus, precuneus, posterior cingulate gyrus, etc. However, the activities of precuneus and posterior cingulate gyrus were significantly lower in GERD patients than those in the HS. CONCLUSIONS: The activities of precuneus and posterior cingulate gyrus of default mode network in GERD patients were significantly lower compared to the HS, suggesting abnormal activities of brain regions in default mode network may be involved in pathophysiology of GERD symptom generation.

Cyclooxygenase-2 promotes hepatocellular apoptosis by interacting with TNF-α and IL-6 in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in rats.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The underlying mechanisms of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are poorly understood, and little is known about hepatocellular apoptosis in NASH. Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, the key enzyme in eicosanoid metabolism, is highly expressed in NASH. COX-2 can also regulate the release of mediators of inflammation, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-6. The aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of COX-2 on hepatocellular apoptosis and the mechanism of the action in the pathogenesis of NASH in rats. METHODS: Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) or standard diet for 8 and 12 weeks. COX-2 and cytokines expression in hepatic tissue and TNF-α and IL-6 levels in serum were measured at 8 and 12 weeks. Moreover, celecoxib (10 mg/kg body weight once a day) was administered to rats for 4 weeks to inhibit the expression of COX-2. Liver pathology was assessed by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain and electron microscopy. Hepatocyte apoptosis was evaluated by TUNEL staining. RESULTS: COX-2 messenger RNA and protein were highly expressed in livers of HFD rats and were correlated with the severity of steatohepatitis (R = 0.82, p < 0.01). COX-2 upregulation was preceded by increases in TNF-α and IL-6. The level of hepatocellular apoptosis was significantly higher in HFD rats than in the control rats. The hepatocellular apoptosis was suppressed by the inhibition of COX-2. CONCLUSIONS: COX-2 may promote hepatocellular apoptosis by interacting with TNF-α and IL-6 in NASH in rats.

Maintenance treatment of mild gastroesophageal reflux disease with proton pump inhibitors taken on-demand: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: To evaluate the efficacy of on-demand strategy with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in mild gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). METHODOLOGY: A literature search was conducted to identify randomized controlled clinical trials which investigating on-demand treatment with PPIs in mild GERD. The control group should be placebo or once-daily treatment. Comparison of treatment effect was performed. RESULTS: Eight studies met the inclusion criteria, of which six were compared with placebo, two others with once-daily treatment. The percentage of patients unwilling to continue the study was 12.1% in the on-demand group while 39.6% in the placebo group. The meta-analysis revealed a statistically significant difference between the two groups (RR: 0.32; 95% CI: 0.23, 0.43). We obtained a similar result when compared with once-daily treatment (RR: 0.52; 95% CI: 0.34, 0.79). CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis indicates that on-demand therapy with PPIs is superior to placebo or once-daily treatment in terms of mild GERD.

Diffuse gastric polyposis in a young patient with a giant retroperitoneal mass: A case report.

Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is characterized by hundreds of colonic adenomatous polyps and extraintestinal manifestations beginning in adolescence and early adulthood. It is also one of the most common hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes. In this case study, a rare phenotype of FAP associated with diffuse gastric polyposis, colon oligo-polyposis, and a massive retroperitoneal mass is described. The results expand on the current body of knowledge of FAP and may represent a new phenotypic expression of FAP. Accurate evidence-based surveillance and management recommendations for this disease require further research and evaluation.

[The diagnostic value of multichannel intraluminal esophageal impedance and pH monitoring in gastroesophageal reflux-related cough].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic value and limitation of multichannel intraluminal esophageal impedance and pH (MII-pH) monitoring on the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux-related chronic cough (GERC). METHODS: The patients with suspicious GERC consecutively referred to our respiratory clinic between May 2010 and July 2011 underwent a MII-pH monitoring, and received anti-reflux drug therapy, irrespective of the laboratory findings. Chronic cough due to gastroesophageal reflux was determined when there was a favorable response to anti-reflux therapy. Then, the sensitivity, specificity, false positive and negative rate, total consistence, positively and negatively predictive value, the area under the curve of ROC and the Kappa value of the laboratory investigation were calculated for the diagnosis of GERC. RESULTS: During the research period, 56 patients completed MII-pH monitoring. Among them, the abnormal reflux was found in 35 patients, and GERC was finally confirmed in 30 patients (85.7%) including 25 patients (83.3%) due to acid reflux and 5 patients (16.7%) due to non-acid reflux. In the remaining 21 patients with normal reflux episodes, 6 patients (28.6%) could be explained by non-acid reflux for their cough because of a relatively predominant weakly acid reflux and favorable response to empirical anti-reflux therapy. For the diagnosis of GERC, MII-pH monitoring had the sensitivity of 83.3%, the specificity of 75.0%, false positive rate of 25.0%, false negative rate of 16.7%, total consistence of 80.4%, positive predictive value of 85.7%, negative predictive value of 71.4%, the area under the curve of ROC of 0.792 and Kappa value of 0.577 respectively. CONCLUSION: MII-pH is a sensitive and reliable tool for the diagnosis of GERC due to its ability to detect both acid and non-acid reflux.

Aorticoesophagal Fistula Combined with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding after Endovascular Dissection of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.

Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) is a relatively rare and potentially fatal disease. Secondary AEF is rare but is associated with serious complications and high mortality. There are rare cases of esophageal mediastinal fistula after descending aortic aneurysm stent implantation. We report the case of a 76-year-old man who had upper abdominal distension, without obvious inducement, for 3 months and felt fullness after a meal, accompanied by anorexia. A chest computer tomography (CT) examination of the abdomen was performed with the outside hospital. Descending thoracic aortic aneurysm was discovered and was treated with stent implantation. The patient was transferred to our hospital to continue treatment, mainly because of an esophageal mediastinal fistula. Finally, the thoracic aortic aneurysm was diagnosed as AEF after stent implantation, combined with the diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. We hope that, through this case, we can explain the possible causes of bronchial mediastinal fistula after stent implantation of descending aortic aneurysm and the mechanism of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.