Medicina pulmonar y respiratoria

Case Report: Sponteneous Esophageal Pleural Fistula

Abstract

Ashish Deshmukh, Sunil Jadhav, Shivprasad Kasat, Hafiz Deshmukh, Chintan Yadav and Saumya Ramachandran

We are reporting a rare case of spontaneous esophageal-pleural fistula in a middle aged male patient who was presented with chest pain, breathlessness on minimal exertion, dry cough, fever. Chest x ray was done which is suggestive of hydro pneumothorax, so intercostal drain was inserted which drained frank pus. His CECT Chest done which showed fistulous track between esophagus and pleural with mediastinitis. Patient was diagnosed as a case of spontaneous esophageal pleural fistula on above mentioned background. Patient was referred to cardio thoracic surgeon for further management.