Tracheo-oesophageal fistula in a case of button battery ingestion: CT virtual bronchoscopy imaging

Unusual case of benign tracheo-oesophageal fistula.

Benign acquired tracheo-oesophageal fistula is an uncommon lesion. Trauma and infection have been the most common causes noted in several series.' -3 Traumatic causes include oesophagoscopy or bronchoscopy; complications of tracheostomy; and blunt, crushing, or penetrating injuries to the neck or chest. Foreign body ingestion or aspiration and lye ingestion are other reported causes.4 We have r...

Oesophageal Atresia with Double Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula.

Congenital tracheo-oesophageal fistula in the adult.

A case of congenital tracheo-oesophageal fistula without oesophageal atresia in an adult is presented. Surgical repair via a right thoracotomy was successfully undertaken. The 13 previously reported cases in English publications are reviewed.

New sign of tracheo-oesophageal fistula?

Offspring of patients with tracheo-oesophageal fistula.

One previous study has shown that the proportion affected of sibs of index patients with tracheo-oesophageal fistula is low. The survivors of the first successful operations for tracheooesophageal fistula are now reaching adult life, thus making possible a preliminary estimate of the proportion affected of children of index patients. From the records of two London hospitals a list of 99 consecu...