Coronary arteriosystemic fistula which drains into the left ventricular cavity is a rare congenital anomaly. A case of double fistulae between the left anterior descending and left circumflex coronary arteries and left ventricular cavity is presented. The patient's chief complaint, chest pain, was attributable to the "steal phenomenon."

Congenital anomalies of the first branchial cleft are rare. Approximately 32 cases of cervicoauricular fistulae have been reported in the past hundred years: this includes the writer's own case in this review. The majority of sinuses and fistulae derived from the lateral cervical vestiges are concerned with the second pharyngeal pouch and its corresponding cleft. Auricular and pre-auricular fis...

To cite: Di Pasquale D, Saibene AM, Bebi V, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-201581 DESCRIPTION A 60-year-old patient was referred to our ear nose and throat (ENT) clinic for facial pain, bilateral midface swelling and purulent nasal discharge. The patient had undergone a bilateral maxillary sinus augmentation procedure 3 weeks before. ...

OBJECTIVES Liquid manure systems and manure pits are major hazards in the agricultural workplace. The incidence of accidents related to manure is unknown. The objective of this study was to survey the liquid manure facilities of farms in eastern Switzerland and find the incidence of accidents related to manure in the region. METHODS Retrospective cohort study and cross sectional survey of 210...

Oral fistula (OAF) is a pathological communication between the oral cavity and maxillary sinus which has its origin either from iatrogenic complications or from dental infections, osteomyelitis, radiation therapy or trauma. OAF closures can be achieved using different flaps which show both advantages and limitations. Therefore they all need careful consideration in order to select the best appr...

Vesicoenteric fistulae, also known as enterovesical or intestinovesical fistulae occur between the bowel and the bladder. We report a case of vesicocolic fistula after undergoing TURBT. After confirmation following radiological investigations and cystoscopy the patient underwent repair of the fistula.

although arterialovenous fistulae (avf) is considered to be vital for chronic kidney disease (ckd) patients, but they may cause complications and problems. for instance they may fail soon after their creation. the most important cause of failure in these cases is intrafistula thrombus formation. whereas anti-platelet drugs are not routinely used after fistulae creation, we conducted this study ...

Reno alimentary fistulae are rare. The article describes various types of reno alimentary fistulae including rarer calico colic fistula and vesico colic fistula due to diverticulosis. The clinical features and management is discussed; and the relevant literature reviewed.

r f p b T any of surgical techniques have been described for the losure of oroantral fistulaes and most of them rely on mobiizing the soft tissue and advancing the resultant flap into he defect. For this reason, conventional techniques such as; imple vestibular mucosal flaps, rotational pedicled palatinal r buccal flaps or palatinal island flaps are used. In addition o these conventional techni...

The ground-breaking article by Brescia and Cimino in 1966 (1) revolutionized the creation of the vascular access, and the Cimino fistula was soon used in almost all dialysis patients. Unfortunately, subsequent wide-spread use of PTFE grafts instead of AV fistulae occurred because of the ease of the surgical technique, the immediate availability of the graft for puncture, the need of high blood ...