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JACC Case Rep
; 15: 101867, 2023 Jun 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37283823
ABSTRACT
A toddler presented with hematemesis a few weeks after ingesting a penny. Workup revealed an esophageal lesion communicating with an aortic pseudoaneurysm in the setting of Actinomyces odontolyticus bacteremia. A. odontolytica is an oropharyngeal bacteria known to cause fistulas when introduced into tissue planes. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).