Double congenital bronchoesophageal fistulae in an adult.
We report adult congenital bronchoesophageal fistula with both symptomatic fistula and asymptomatic one. A 56-year-old woman with a history of cough after drinking fluids was diagnosed as bronchoesophageal fistula by upper gastrointestinal series that showed a diverticulum in the middle portion of the esophagus with a fistula between the esophagus and right lower lung. Esophagoscopy revealed an orifice of the fistula located 27 cm from the incisors. Computed tomography showed chronic inflammatory change with bronchiectasis in the S6 segment of the right lung. The patient underwent video assisted thoracic surgery that identified two fistulae without missing a symptomatic one, and both were successfully resected. The fistulae were lined by squamous epithelium and smooth muscle without evidence of malignancy, infection or chronic inflammation that were histologically compatible with congenital fistulae.
Iwazawa
Takashi
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Department of Surgery, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Imazato
Mitsunobu
M
Ohnishi
Tadashi
T
Kimura
Yutaka
Y
Yano
Hiroshi
H
Monden
Takushi
T
D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome