Pouchelle C, Martinat Y, Cordier J F
Hôpital Cardiovasculaire et Pneumologique Louis-Pradel, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon.
Rev Mal Respir. 1992;9(5):567-8.
We report a very rare case of a purulent pleurisy which was revealed to be caused by an oesophageal diverticulum. The pleuro-pulmonary infection probably followed the inhalation of septic material which refluxed from an oesophageal diverticulum into the trachea. This was suggested by a barium swallow which showed the transit of the barium into the trachea during swallowing movements.