Su Lei, Wei Xiu-Qin, Zhi Xiu-Yi, Xu Qing-Sheng, Ma Ting
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xuan Wu Hospital of Capital University of Medical Science, No. 45 Changchun Street, Beijing 100053, China.
World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jul 21;13(27):3776-7. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i27.3776.
Bronchoesophageal fistulas are usually diagnosed in the neonatal period. As such, the condition is rare in adults. We present a case of a congenital bronchoesophageal fistula in a 62-year-old man with the complaint of severe bouts of cough and choking after swallowing liquid. His workup included a barium esophagogram that revealed a fistula between the esophagus and a right lower lobe bronchus. The diagnosis should be considered in certain individuals with suggestive symptomatology and unexplained respiratory pathology. The fistula was divided and resected, The patient had an uneventful recovery.
支气管食管瘘通常在新生儿期被诊断出来。因此，这种情况在成年人中很少见。我们报告一例62岁男性先天性支气管食管瘘病例，该患者主诉吞咽液体后出现严重咳嗽和呛咳。他的检查包括钡剂食管造影，结果显示食管与右下叶支气管之间存在瘘管。对于有提示性症状和无法解释的呼吸道病变的特定个体，应考虑进行诊断。瘘管被分离并切除，患者恢复顺利。
