| Tracheoesophageal fistula closed by chemoradiotherapy in lung cancer. | |
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PMID: 21769294 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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A 45-year-old man complaining of cough, dyspnea, and difficulty in swallowing was referred to our hospital. Chest CT scan showed a mediastinal mass compressing the trachea. He was diagnosed with poorly differentiated lung carcinoma by percutaneous needle biopsy. Bronchoscopy and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF). Long-lasting febrile neutropenia made it impossible to continue chemotherapy, but a course of radiotherapy (total 61 Gy) was completed. The next endoscopy revealed closure of the TEF. Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has been reported to close TEF in esophageal cancer, but the risk of a CRT-induced worsening of the fistula has dissuaded physicians from using CRT to treat TEF in lung cancer patients. CRT may serve as a palliative treatment for TEF in lung cancer as well as esophageal cancer. |
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Takayuki Honda; Yoshihito Tsuzaki; Keiko Mitaka; Kazuhiro Fukasawa; Yoshihiro Miyashita; Kan Marino; Akitoshi Saito; Toshio Oyama; Naohiko Inase |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-07-09 |
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Title: Case reports in oncology Volume: 4 ISSN: 1662-6575 ISO Abbreviation: Case Rep Oncol Publication Date: 2011 |
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Created Date: 2011-07-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101517601 Medline TA: Case Rep Oncol Country: Switzerland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 350-7 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kofu, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. |
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