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Broncho‐mediastinal fistula following perforation of the oesophagus
Author(s) -
MEYSMAN M,
NOPPEN M,
DELVAUX G,
PETERS O,
VINCKEN W
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.1996.tb00036.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinitis , fistula , bronchus , perforation , surgery , mediastinum , mediastinal shift , respiratory disease , lung , materials science , punching , metallurgy
We present a 63‐year old female with mediastinitis following an esophageal perforation, possibly favoured by an oesophageal motility disorder and the use of non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs, who developed a broncho‐mediastinal fistula in the left main bronchus. She was successfully treated with intravenous antibiotics, a cervical oesophagostomy and secondary isoperistaltic coloplasty.