Open AccessAn unusual case of spontaneous esophagopleural fistula
Author(s) -
Manoranjan Dash,
Thitta Mohanty,
Jyoti Patnaik,
Narayan Mishra,
Saswat Subhankar,
Priyadarsini Parida
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.205327
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , esophagus , tuberculosis , fistula , pneumonectomy , lung , rare disease , surgery , disease , dermatology , pathology
Esophago-pleural fistula (EPF) is an uncommon condition, despite of an anatomical proximity of these structures. Causes of EPF include pneumonectomy for suppurative or tubercular disease of lung and carcinoma lung, malignancy of esophagus. Benign EPF is rare and may be due to trauma or infection. The most common infectious cause is tuberculosis. Spontaneous development of fistula between esophagus and pleura is rarely described in literature. We, hereby present a spontaneous case of such a rare entity in a middle-aged male.