The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2023 Acquired digestive‐respiratory tract fistulas occur with abnormal communication between the respiratory tract and digestive tract caused by a variety of benign or malignant diseases, leading to the alimentary canal contents in the respiratory tract ...
Hongwu Wang +43 more
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Cell Therapy for Upper Respiratory Tract Fistulas
Инновационная медицина Кубани, 2023 Fistulas of various etiologies are one of the severe and life-threatening diseases of the upper respiratory tract. The most common cause is bronchial stump failure after pulmonary resection, usually pneumonectomy.
I. S. Polyakov +3 more
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Empyema and Respiratory Failure Secondary to Nephropleural Fistula Caused by Chronic Urinary Tract Infection: A Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2012 We report a case of nephropleural fistula causing empyema and respiratory failure in a 68-year-old gentleman with a long history of urological problems including recurrent nephrolithiasis and urinary tract infections.
G. H. Jones +4 more
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Bilateral Pancreaticopleural Fistula Masquerading as Thoracic Disease in Chronic Calculous Pancreatitis [PDF]
DiagnosticsBackground: Pancreaticopleural fistula is a rare complication of chronic pancreatitis resulting from pancreatic duct disruption, typically presenting with pleural effusion and predominant respiratory symptoms.
Helen Bolanaki +7 more
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Management of Esophageal Cancer-Associated Respiratory–Digestive Tract Fistulas [PDF]
Cancers, 2022 Respiratory–digestive tract fistulas are fatal complications that occur in esophageal cancer treatment. Interdisciplinary treatment strategies are still evolving, especially in anatomical treatment stratification. Thus, this study aims to evaluate general therapeutic strategies for this rare condition.
Julia K. Grass +9 more
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Esophageal carcinoma with respiratory tract fistula [PDF]
Cancer, 1984 An experience with 27 patients with malignant respiratory tract fistula (RTF) is presented. The RTF was related to carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus in all the patients, involved the trachea in 11, left main bronchus in 7, right main bronchus in 3, and was more distal in 6 patients.
A G, Little +4 more
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Case Report: Pancreaticopleural fistula with an atypical tract in a child with bulging chest
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 Pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) is a rare but serious complication caused by pancreatic lesions that presents primarily with respiratory tract symptoms and pleural effusion.
Zi Yin Shang, Chun Hong, Cui Fen Liu
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A Case of Esophago-Respiratory Fistula due to Inhalation Smoke Injury Diagnosed by Upper Endoscopy
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2023 Esophago-respiratory fistula (ERF) refers to the formation of a pathological connection between the esophagus and respiratory tract. Acquired ERF is a rare but life-threatening diagnosis in adults.
Aida Nasirishargh +3 more
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Non-malignant respiratory tract fistula from the oesophagus. A lethal condition for which novel therapeutic options are emerging [PDF]
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2012 Fistulas between the oesophagus and the respiratory tract can occur as a complication to anastomotic dehiscence after oesophageal resection, without any signs of local residual tumour growth. Other causes that are, by definition, benign may rarely prevail.
Peter, Elbe +7 more
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Squamous Epithelium in Respiratory Tract of Children with Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1971 Histological study of the trachea and bronchi from 50 children dying with tracheo-oesophageal fistula showed that in 80% there was extensive squamous metaplasia. This change was chiefly in the posterior muscular wall of the trachea, but frequently extended to the lateral and anterior walls of the trachea, and into the bronchi.
J L, Emery, A J, Haddadin
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