Acquired tracheo-oesophageal fistula.
Acquired tracheo-oesophageal fistula is rare. The most common causes are tuberculosis and malignancy. Here we report a patient who had come with dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia with paratracheal lymphnodes on X-ray chest and was diagnosed to have a tracheo-bronchial fistula on barium studies. Transtumoral intubation by pull-through method was carried out.
Shah
C P
CP
Dept of Medicine, KEM Hospital, Parel, Bombay.
Yeolekar
M E
ME
Pardiwala
F K
FK
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications
D000995:Antitubercular Agents