title: Broncho-esophageal fistula leading to lung abscess: A life-threatening emergency detected on FDG PET/CT in a case of carcinoma of middle third esophagus.
abstract: Sinister undesirable pathologies often accompany malignancies. Though the entire emphasis is on cancer management, these benign conditions are more life-threatening than the primary malignancy itself. We report an interesting imaging finding of broncho-esophageal fistula leading to lung abscess on (18)F- fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) in large middle esophageal cancer, which due to early detection, was promptly managed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Ameya D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Puranik
authors.forename: Nilendu C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Purandare
authors.forename: Archi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Sneha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Venkatesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rangarajan
keywords: Broncho-esophageal; computed tomography; endoscopy; esophageal cancer; fistula; fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography