Bronchoesophageal fistula caused by pulmonary aspergillosis.
A 29-year-old patient developed a bronchoesophageal fistula after expectorating a mycetoma caused by Aspergillus fumigatus. After failure of medical therapy, a retrosternal coloplasty was performed. Pulmonary aspergillosis can be the cause of a bronchoesophageal fistula.
D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology