title: Esophagotracheal fistula after lithium disc battery ingestion successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
abstract: We report a case of a 12-month-old child who acquired an esophagotracheal fistula of 5 mm in diameter after an ingested lithium disc battery impaction. Failure to recognize foreign body on chest X-rays resulted in a delay of 28 days in establishing the diagnosis. Feeding via nasogastric tube and hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) resulted in a complete closure of the fistula after 17 HBOT 60 min sessions at 2.2 bars.
authors.affiliation: Department of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, Naval Medical Institute, PO box 196 (HRM), 21000 Split, Croatia. nadan.petri@morh.hr
authors.forename: Nadan M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Petri
authors.forename: Julije
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mestrović
authors.forename: Dejan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andrić
authors.forename: Vjekoslav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krzelj
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stipancević
mesh_terms: D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D007223:Infant; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D008297:Male; D018529:Nutritional Support; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*