title: Epiphrenic diverticula, esophageal carcinoma and esophagopleural fistula.
abstract: A case report of a patient with two epiphrenic diverticula and a squamous cell carcinoma within one of them is presented. Moreover, a pleural empyema and an esophagopleural fistula appeared following the neoplasic diverticulum perforation. Only a few cases have been previously described in the English-language literature. An additional one is now presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, 12 de Octubre University Hospital, Carretera de Andalucia, Km 5,400, Madrid 28041, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zuil
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moreno
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003287:Contrast Media; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D001466:Barium Sulfate