CT demonstration of fistula between esophageal carcinoma and spinal canal.
A patient with recurrent carcinoma of the proximal esophagus after radiotherapy presented with bacterial meningitis. Esophagography and CT of the chest disclosed an esophagosubarachnoidal fistula extending between the ulcerated tumor, posterior mediastinum, and the thoracic spine.
D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013346:Subarachnoid Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D001466:Barium Sulfate