S. Dohincaplanne et al., FISTULA BETWEEN MEDIASTINAL ADENOPATHY AN D ESOPHAGUS REVEALED BY HEMATEMESIS - AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF SILICOTUBERCULOSIS, Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique, 19(8-9), 1995, pp. 721-724
We report a case of fistula between a silicotic mediastinal lymph node
and the esophagus with protrusion of a stiff and darkish concretion i
nto the oesophageal lumen. The patient, a 68-year-old coal miner, pres
ented with cough since a few months and the lesion was revealed by hae
matemesis. The general course was rapidly favourable. Association with
tuberculosis was recognized only a few months later.