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Congenital bronchoesophageal fistula in the adult: a case report
1Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi = Chinese Medical Journal; Free China Ed
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
The case of a 50-year-old woman with congenital bronchoesophageal fistula is presented. The patient had symptoms of hemoptysis provoked by ingestion of liquids for 2 years. A barium swallow examination showed a bronchoesophageal fistula communicating between the middle third of the esophagus and right intermediate bronchus. An orifice of the fistula at the esophagus was revealed by esophagoscopy. The clinical and operative features and diagnosis of congenital origin are discussed.