title: Simultaneous gastropleural and gastrocolic fistulae in a quadriplegic male.
abstract: A 56-year-old, quadriplegic man presented to a physician's office with a large, left pleural effusion. He subsequently was found to have a gastropleural and gastrocolic fistula. These two very rare complications of benign peptic ulcer disease are discussed with special reference to patients with profoundly altered sensation.
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gaziano
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gaziano
mesh_terms: D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011782:Quadriplegia