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Perforating Barrett’s ulcer resulting in a life-threatening esophagobronchial fistula
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Perforating Barrett’s ulcer resulting in a life-threatening esophagobronchial fistula

John J Nigro, Ross M Bremner, Clark B Fuller, Jörg Theisen, Yanling Ma and Vaughn A Starnes
The Annals of thoracic surgery, Vol.73(1), pp.302-304
2002
PMID: 11834036

Abstract

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Perforating benign ulcer is a very rare complication of Barrett’s esophagus. This report presents the management of a patient with a Barrett’s ulcer that penetrated into the left mainstem bronchus resulting in a life-threatening bronchial esophageal fistula. This rare complication was successfully managed by using a staged surgical approach, which combined the principles used for treating benign esophagorespiratory fistulas and perforating Barrett’s ulcers.

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