CONGENITAL ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA IN AN ADULT INVOLVING LEFT MAIN BRONCHUS

Authors
AZCOITA MM DEADANA JCR URDAZPAL LS CARCAMO C NAVALON JMJ RODRIGUEZ JLR
Citation
Mm. Azcoita et al., CONGENITAL ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA IN AN ADULT INVOLVING LEFT MAIN BRONCHUS, Thorax, 49(8), 1994, pp. 835-836
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Thorax → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406376
Volume
49
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
835 - 836
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6376(1994)49:8<835:CEFIAA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Congenital fistulae between the tracheobronchial tree and oesophagus u sually originate from the lower end of the trachea or right main bronc hus. The case history is presented of a man in whom a fistula between the oesophagus and left main bronchus was not diagnosed until the age of 48.