Colobronchial fistula: a rare cause of chronic cough.
We report a colobronchial fistula in a middle-aged woman. She had been having cough with expectoration of sputum with a faeculent odour since the age of 7 years. Imaging revealed a fistulous connection between the hepatic flexure and the right bronchial tree, which was successfully repaired surgically.
Department of General Surgery, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Ram Nagar, Doiwala, Dehradum, Uttarakhand, India. lntshantanu@yahoo.co.in
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D000328:Adult; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed