Keywords
gastroenterology; critical care; esophageal cancer; malignancy complications; fistula; esophageal neoplasms; esophageal neoplasms/complications; esophageal fistula
Disciplines
Digestive System Diseases | Medical Anatomy | Medical Pathology | Neoplasms | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases | Respiratory Tract Diseases
Abstract
Esophageal respiratory fistulas, commonly found as a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), are abnormal connections between the esophagus and trachea. These can be congenital (infants) or acquired (malignancy). A more rare form of an esophageal respiratory fistula is an abnormal connection between the esophagus and the lung parenchyma—also known as an esophagopulmonary fistula. In our case, we present a middle-aged male with a history of esophageal cancer undergoing chemotherapy and radiation presenting into the intensive care unit for increasing shortness of breath and vomiting after eating found to have a rare form of a TEF causing his symptoms.
Recommended Citation
Lake, Alexander D.; Almuzaini, Yousef; Jaffe, Aaron; Staffetti, Joseph; and Patel, Mukesh
(2021)
"Esophageal Cancer Complicated by a Distal Acquired Esophagopulmonary Fistula,"
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
DOI: 10.36518/2689-0216.1125
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.hcahealthcare.com/hcahealthcarejournal/vol2/iss1/7
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