Surgical repair of an aneurysm of the innominate artery with fistulization into the trachea.

This report describes a 43-year-old patient presenting with an aneurysm located at the junction between the innominate artery and aorta, with spontaneous fistulization into the trachea. Emergency treatment of this unusually located lesion was undertaken to prevent intratracheal rupture. After ligation of the innominate artery, right common carotid artery, and right subclavian artery due to the risk of infection, the tracheal fistula was treated by direct closure and exclusion using an autologous pericardial flap. The procedure was performed under extracorporeal circulation and circulatory arrest with profound hypothermia.