Congenital tracheoesophageal fistula successfully diagnosed by CT esophagography.
Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) or bronchoesophageal fistula may be congenital, inflammatory, neoplastic, or secondary to trauma. Congenital TEF or bronchoesophageal fistula is usually associated with esophageal atresia and is readily diagnosed in infancy. But if it is not associated with esophageal atresia, it may persist until adulthood. Some theories have been proposed to explain this delay in diagnosis. We present a case of a 70-year-old man with congenital TEF. The TEF was successfully diagnosed by multidetector-row CT esophagography.
Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, 35-1 Chigasaki-chuo, Yokohama 224-8503, Japan. nagata7@aol.com
Koichi
K
Nagata
Yoshito
Y
Kamio
Tamaki
T
Ichikawa
Mitsutaka
M
Kadokura
Akihiko
A
Kitami
Shungo
S
Endo
Haruhiro
H
Inoue
Shin-Ei
SE
Kudo
D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
D003287:Contrast Media