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A patient with tracheoesophageal fistula and esophageal cancer after radiotherapy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21063396     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: A 63-year-old woman presented with dysphagia owing to proximal esophageal stenosis 27 years after she received radiation therapy for Hodgkin disease. She had previously experienced various other complications of this treatment, including myelopathy, hypothyroidism, and cardiomyopathy.
INVESTIGATIONS: Medical history and physical examination, pathology and immunohistochemistry, bronchoscopy, esophagogastroscopy, chest and abdominal PET-CT scan, examination of the thorax during open right thoracotomy.
DIAGNOSIS: Large tracheoesophageal fistula and poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.
MANAGEMENT: The stenosis was treated with endoscopic dilatations and brachytherapy, but persisted and became a tracheoesophageal fistula despite repeated placement of esophageal stents. Definitive surgical treatment comprised combined transabdominal and thoracic esophagectomy with creation of a gastric tube and cervical esophagogastrostomy, and repair of the trachea with a pericardial patch and intercostal muscle flap.
Authors:
Jeroen Hagendoorn; Marguerite E I Schipper; Arjan Cloïn; Faiz Z Ramjankhan; Peter D Siersema; Richard van Hillegersberg
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Review     Date:  2010-11-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1759-5053     ISO Abbreviation:  Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-02     Completed Date:  2011-03-25     Revised Date:  2011-07-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101500079     Medline TA:  Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  702-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / etiology*,  pathology
Education, Medical, Continuing
Esophageal Neoplasms / etiology*,  pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Hodgkin Disease / radiotherapy*
Humans
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / etiology*,  pathology
Radiotherapy / adverse effects*
Tracheoesophageal Fistula / etiology*,  pathology

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