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Surya Kant | Zendy; Ved Prakash | Zendy; AjayKumar Verma | Zendy; Ankit Bhatia | Zendy; Ambarish Joshi | Zendy

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Traumatic esophageopleural fistula due to fish bone injury

Author(s) -

Surya Kant,

Ved Prakash,

AjayKumar Verma,

Ankit Bhatia,

Ambarish Joshi

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journal of association of chest physicians

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2320-9089

pISSN - 2320-8775

DOI - 10.4103/2320-8775.146850

Subject(s) - medicine , fish bone , fistula , accidental , surgery , chest injury , chest tube , radiology , sepsis , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , biology , pneumothorax , physics , acoustics , blunt

Oesophageopleural fistula (EPF) is an abnormal communication in between the oesophagous and pleural space such that the contents of oesophagous are drained into the pleural space surrounding the lungs. We describe a case of a middle-aged female who presented with right sided pyothorax secretions of which consisted of food particles. Chest computed tomography and barium swallow confirmed the diagnosis of oesophageopleural fistula, cause of which was found to be an accidental fish bone injury. Conservative management was done by chest tube drainage along with ryles tube feeding. Patient expired following severe sepsis

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