Fetz Andrew, Ghaseminejad Farhad, Kim Hyun Jae, Gan S Ian
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
ACG Case Rep J. 2023 Jun 8;10(6):e01057. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001057. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Esophageal fistula to the respiratory tract and mediastinum is a well-described complication from esophageal malignancies. Spinal-esophageal fistula (SEF) on the other hand is a much rarer complication that has only been reported in few instances. Here, we report a unique case of fatal spinal-esophageal fistula with an associated pneumocephalus in an 83-year-old woman with metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
食管与呼吸道及纵隔瘘是食管癌的一种常见并发症。另一方面,脊柱-食管瘘(SEF)是一种极为罕见的并发症,仅有少数病例报道。在此,我们报告一例83岁转移性食管鳞状细胞癌女性患者发生的致命性脊柱-食管瘘并伴有气颅的独特病例。