title: Unexpected extraction of a ventricular septal defect patch without an interventricular shunt.
abstract: We report the case of a mediastinocutaneous fistula, 13 years after the total correction of tetralogy of Fallot. During a fistula curettage operation, we unexpectedly extracted a ventricular septal defect patch. An interventricular shunt was not detected after the operation. The patient is well 3 years after the last operation.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishigami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horiba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takinami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Harada
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene