Esophagobronchial fistula - A rare complication of aluminum phosphide poisoning

Aluminum phosphide is a systemic lethal poison. Fistulous communication between esophagus and airway tract (esophagorespiratory fistula) has rarely been reported in the survivors of aluminum phosphide poisoning. We report a case of benign esophagobronchial fistula secondary to aluminum phosphide poi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bhargava, Sumeet, Rastogi, Rajul, Agarwal, Ajay, Jindal, Gaurav
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3023871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21264171
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.74276
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Sumario:Aluminum phosphide is a systemic lethal poison. Fistulous communication between esophagus and airway tract (esophagorespiratory fistula) has rarely been reported in the survivors of aluminum phosphide poisoning. We report a case of benign esophagobronchial fistula secondary to aluminum phosphide poisoning, which to best of our knowledge has not been reported in the medical literature.

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