Tracheoesophageal fistula caused by mycobacterial tuberculosis adenopathy.
Tracheoesophageal fistulas resulting from a Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection are uncommon. We describe a patient with such a lesion that had the radiologic and clinic appearance of a malignant tracheoesophageal fistula. Use of an anterior cervical approach with one-stage esophageal repair along with tracheal resection and anastomosis allowed definitive diagnosis and treatment of this life-threatening complication.
Macchiarini
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P
Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Hopital Marie-Lannelongue, Paris-Sud University, Plessis Robinson, France.
Delamare
N
N
Beuzeboc
P
P
Labussière
A S
AS
Cerrina
J
J
Dulmet
E
E
Chapelier
A
A
Dartevelle
P
P
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000175:diagnosis