title: [Epiphrenic oesophageal diverticulum with an oesophagobronchial fistula resulting in a lung abscess].
abstract: Epiphrenic oesophageal diverticula are rare and often asymptomatic. In this case report a 58-year-old woman was diagnosed with an epiphrenic oesophageal diverticulum, which developed an oesophagobronchial fistula leading to a pulmonary abscess in the right lower lobe, septicaemia and acute respiratory failure. The patient underwent right lower lobectomy and the diverticulum was stapled off the oesophagus. The post-operative course was uneventful. This complication is only rarely described previously.
authors.affiliation: laerkereebergsass@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Malene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Børgager
authors.forename: Shadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andos
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Durup
authors.forename: Peter Bjørn
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Licht
mesh_terms: D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed