title: Spontaneous esophagotracheal fistula resulting from ulcer in heterotopic gastric mucosa.
abstract: In a 50-yr-old male patient, a spontaneously perforating peptic ulcer located in a patch of heterotopic gastric mucosa in the upper part of the esophagus led to the development of an esophagotracheal fistula. The histologic workup revealed, in addition to ulcer necroses and granulation tissue, glands of the fundic type, with chief and parietal cells. On the basis of histologic results, the fistula was successfully occluded with the aid of a fibrin adhesive applied endoscopically. After the second session, the patient immediately became free of symptoms. Under medical treatment with an H2-receptor blocker, the patient has been completely symptom-free for 1 yr.
authors.affiliation: Medizinischen Klinik C, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Ludwigshafen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kohler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Riemann
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000150:complications*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005753:Gastric Mucosa; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000150:complications