[A case of tracheoesophageal fistula in Behçet's disease repaired with pericardial patch and gastric roll].
A 23-year-old man suffering from Behçet's disease developed a tracheoesophageal fistula. Subtotal esophagus was stripped and replaced with a gastric tube along greater curvature. The defect of membranous portion of the trachea (2 X 1 cm) was closed with a pedicled pericardial patch and covered with omentum. Transient postoperative recurrent nerve palsy was recovered in about 2 months. He is going well without any significant complaints. He received steroid hormone administration and platelets transfusion because of complicated ITP (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura).
Asaoka
M
M
Department of Surgery, Okazaki City Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
Sakai
Y
Y
Kimura
J
J
Ichihara
T
T
Seki
A
A
Ishii
M
M
D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000150:complications; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*