Traumatic gastrobronchial fistula: Case report and review of the literature

Al-Qudah, Abdullah

doi:10.1016/s0022-3468(97)90540-6

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“…The literature is varied in all aspects of these fistulas from their cause, mechanism, method of diagnosis, and treatment. The time course to diagnosis and development varies from within days to several years of initial insult [1][2][3][4].…”

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“…Traumatic injuries presumably result in fistula formation at the time of insult. Hernias likely cause these fistulas due to repeated sliding of the stomach creating an ulcer that allows for erosion into the lung tissue [1,5]. Lastly, postsurgical changes from dissection or staples can cause ischemic changes that create an environment for fistula formation [6][7][8].…”

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“…Due to the variability of clinical presentations, diagnosis is challenging and must include a high index of suspicion. At present, the diagnosis has revolved around three modalities: barium swallow (fluoroscopy or CT), bronchoscopy, and EGD [1,5,6,10,11].…”

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“…Fistulous communications between the stomach and lung are rare. All previous cases have been only described as case reports which makes their study difficult given their rarity and sparse descriptions in the literature [1][2][3][4]. We report the only known case of a gastrobronchial fistula following a robotic diaphragm repair.…”

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confidence: 96%

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Gastrobronchial fistulas are a rare occurrence in the literature. We report a case of a gastrobronchial fistula after robotic repair of a chronic traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. The patient had severe respiratory symptoms with multiple studies that were inconclusive. The fistula was ultimately discovered after an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). The patient underwent a left thoracotomy for takedown of his fistula and eventually recovered. Earlier EGD and a lower threshold for differential that included this diagnosis would have led to an earlier identification and treatment of a rare disease process.

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