Congenital broncho-esophageal fistula (BEF) is a rare anomaly usually detected in adulthood. In one of the latest reviews of this anomaly, no more than 150 cases were found in the world literature. We report our experience with a 49 year old male patient referring with a classic presentation of chronic cough and choking episodes upon liquid intake. Broncho-esophageal fistula was confirmed b...

congenital broncho-esophageal fistula (bef) is a rare anomaly usually detected in adulthood. in one of the latest reviews of this anomaly, no more than 150 cases were found in the world literature. we report our experience with a 49 year old male patient referring with a classic presentation of chronic cough and choking episodes upon liquid intake. broncho-esophageal fistula was confirmed by an...

Esophageal fistula is a critical adverse event in patients treated with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for locally advanced esophageal cancer. However, risk factors associated with esophageal fistula formation in patients receiving CRT have not yet been elucidated.We retrospectively analyzed data obtained from 140 patients who were enrolled in a phase II/III trial comparing low-dose cisplatin with sta...

Benign esophagorespiratory fistula is a rare but often lethal affection and difficult to cure. Possible treatments are surgery or esophageal stenting but may fail and cause respiratory failure. Two patients with spontaneous esophagorespiratory fistula after chemoradiotherapy for an esophageal malignancy were both treated by esophageal exclusion but esophageal stent were left in place. The esoph...

BACKGROUND While esophageal fistula formation in the adjacent organs is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, the management of non-aortic arterio-esophageal fistula has not been frequently reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 69-year-old Japanese man who had undergone definitive chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer was admitted to our hospital with hematemesis. He was diagnosed ...

background: the most common congenital abnormality of esophagus is esophageal atresia (ea) that can occur with or without tracheoesophageal fistula. other associated anomalies are the leading cause of death in these patients. the present study aimed to evaluate the main complication, outcomes and cause of death in neonate with ea repaired in amirkola children’s hospital (ach), iran within a 13 ...

After surgical correction of esophageal atresia with or without tracheoesophageal fistula, esophageal body motility dysfunction has been reported in nearly all patients. Using high-resolution esophageal manometry before surgical repair in 2 children with isolated tracheoesophageal fistula, we sought to determine whether dysmotility was present before any surgical insult to test the hypothesis t...

Rare cases of esophageal tuberculosis have been reported. In this report, 3 cases of tuberculosis-resulted ulcer in the esophageal mucosa are to be introduced among 29 cases of gastrointestinal tuberculosis. The first patient was presented with chills and fever and had a mild dysphagia and odynnophagia and a burning sensation behind the sternum. The second case admitted with neck fistula and e...

Management of aorto-esophageal fistula has no consensus, currently. Aorto-esophageal fistula remains a life-threatening condition and has high mortality and morbidity rates. Endovascular therapy is a favorable choice for thoracic aortic disease, in recent years. We present our experience initially managed with endovascular therapy, but there was a re-hemorrhage event with suboptimal results. Ao...

A subclavian artery-esophageal fistula usually occurs on the right side of an aberrant subclavian artery. It also rarely appears in the site between a non-aberrant subclavian artery and the esophagus due to the ingestion of a foreign body. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the case of a subclavian artery-esophageal fistula is rare but often fatal. Here, we report on a 62-year-old male patient ...