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Tracheoesophageal fistula caused by mycobacterial tuberculosis adenopathy
P Macchiarini1, N Delamare, P Beuzeboc
1Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Hopital Marie-Lannelongue, Paris-Sud University, Plessis Robinson, France.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
Tracheoesophageal fistulas resulting from a Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection are uncommon. We describe a patient with such a lesion that had the radiologic and clinic appearance of a malignant tracheoesophageal fistula. Use of an anterior cervical approach with one-stage esophageal repair along with tracheal resection and anastomosis allowed definitive diagnosis and treatment of this life-threatening complication.