Case report: Surgical repair of a large tracheo-esophageal fistula in a patient with post-transplant esophageal lymphoproliferative disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

The management of large malignant tracheo-esophageal fistulas (TEF) is not standardized. Herein, we report a case with a malignant TEF associated with esophageal post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) for whom we successfully performed a surgical repair. This contributes to the knowledge on how to treat large acquired malignant TEFs.

Case presentation

A 69-year old male presented with a one-week history of fever, productive cough and bilateral coarse crackles. In addition, he described a weight loss of 10 kg during the past three months. The patient's history included a kidney transplantation twenty years ago. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy with a biopsy of the esophagus was performed nine days before. Histopathology showed a PTLD of diff

SUBMITTER: Schumacher J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9424936 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature