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1. Three cases of perforation of the aorta complicating carcinoma of the esophagus are reported.
2. An attempt is made to clarify the statistical data on this subject.
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Veterans Hospital, Wood Wisconsin, and the Marquette University School of Medicine.
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Lindert, M.C.F., Winnik, D. Perforation of the aorta—A complication of carcinoma of the esophagus. A. J. D. D. 15, 378–381 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001171
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