Four-decade-old benign tracheomediastinal fistula

Jayakrishnan Soman Pillai; Nainar Madhu Sankar; Jovin John Mathew; Suchith Cheruvally; Priya Baby

doi:10.1007/s12055-022-01370-x

Four-decade-old benign tracheomediastinal fistula

Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Sep;38(5):530-532. doi: 10.1007/s12055-022-01370-x. Epub 2022 May 21.

Authors

Jayakrishnan Soman Pillai^{1

2}, Nainar Madhu Sankar¹, Jovin John Mathew³, Suchith Cheruvally⁴, Priya Baby¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Apollo Adlux Hospital, Kochi, India.
² Apollo Adlux Hospital, Karukutty, Angamaly, Ernakulam, Kerala 683 576 India.
³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Apollo Adlux Hospital, Kochi, India.
⁴ Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Apollo Adlux Hospital, Kochi, India.

Abstract

A 70-year-old male with a nagging cough of 40-year duration was evaluated and found to have a tracheomediastinal fistula. He gave history of rigid bronchoscopy 40 years back. He underwent successful resection of the fistula and was fully relieved of his symptom.

Keywords: Bronchoscopy; Surgical repair; Tracheomediastinal fistula.

Publication types

Case Reports