Gastric tube-pericardial fistula: a remote complication of esophageal replacement for long gap esophageal atresia.
Several short and long-term complications of esophageal replacement have been described in the literature. We report the case of a gastric tube-pericardial fistula occurring 20 years after initial repair of long gap esophageal atresia with a reversed gastric tube.
Ruiz-Elizalde
Alejandro R
AR
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA. arr98@columbia.edu
Haley
Mary Jo
MJ
Fisher
Jason C
JC
Frischer
Jason S
JS
Zitsman
Jeffrey L
JL
D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000628:therapy*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult