Adult Bronchoesophageal Fistula Diagnosed on Computed Tomography

Tracheoesophageal and bronchoesophageal fistulas are usually diagnosed early in life after an infant presents with difficulty feeding or recurrent pneumonias. These conditions rarely presents in adulthood. We report a case of a 59-year-old woman who presented with cough and recurrent pneumonias. The...

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Autores principales: Chaky, David M., Escamilla, Carlos, Sheridan, Philip H., Deboer, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4896175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27303515
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v3i2.126
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author Chaky, David M.
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description Tracheoesophageal and bronchoesophageal fistulas are usually diagnosed early in life after an infant presents with difficulty feeding or recurrent pneumonias. These conditions rarely presents in adulthood. We report a case of a 59-year-old woman who presented with cough and recurrent pneumonias. The workup revealed a bronchoesophageal fistula that was diagnosed on CT and confirmed with a barium esophagogram.
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spelling pubmed-48961752016-06-14 Adult Bronchoesophageal Fistula Diagnosed on Computed Tomography Chaky, David M. Escamilla, Carlos Sheridan, Philip H. Deboer, David Radiol Case Rep Article Tracheoesophageal and bronchoesophageal fistulas are usually diagnosed early in life after an infant presents with difficulty feeding or recurrent pneumonias. These conditions rarely presents in adulthood. We report a case of a 59-year-old woman who presented with cough and recurrent pneumonias. The workup revealed a bronchoesophageal fistula that was diagnosed on CT and confirmed with a barium esophagogram. Elsevier 2015-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4896175/ /pubmed/27303515 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v3i2.126 Text en © 2008 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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