Congenital esophagobronchial fistula in an adult.
Congenital esophagobronchial fistula occurring in infancy and childhood is a well-recognized entity necessitating urgent surgical treatment. Persistence of such a communication into adulthood is rare and would seem possible only if the tract were small so that aspiration into the lung could be tolerated. The case of a 38-year-old woman is presented in this report who was cured of lifelong symptoms of aspiration by surgical division of a presumed congenital esophagobronchial fistula.
Lang
S J
SJ
Department of Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center 90024.
Mulder
D G
DG
D000328:Adult; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans