A CASE OF ESOPHAGO-BRONCHIAL FISTULA WITH AN ESOPHAGEAL DIVERTICULUM

Abstract

A 66-year-old female began suffering from pneumonia occasionally from her when she was pointed out having an esophageal divesticulum. She also had having a cough at drinking water. After she was admitted to the hospital endoscopic examination revealed a diverticulum with a fistula at the right and anterior wall of the thoracic esophagus and 30 cm from the incisors. Fistulography showed that the fistula communicated with the right intermediate bronchus. Fistulectomy without pulmonary resection under standard thoracotomy was performed. Her postoperative course was uneventful and the cough after drinking has disappeared.