Esophagopericardial Fistula With Survival
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To the Editor.— Causes of pneumopericardium, a rare intrathoracic lesion, were classified by Shackelford 1 and by Meyer. 2 Stephenson et al 3 listed 13 cases, including his own cases, all with fatal outcome. Frey 4 described a fatal case due to extension of an ulcer in a hiatus hernia. The first reported survivor with this entity was a 6-year-old girl. 5 She had a perforated peptic ulcer of the esophagus with probable fistula formation to the pericardium. Romhilt 6 described a fatal case of perforation of an ulcer through the intrathoracic portion of the stomach, and this report describes survival of surgical repair of an open esophagopericardial fistula. Report of a Case.— A 72-year-old man had undergone surgical repair of a hiatus hernia four years previously. At that time, the diameter of the distal esophagus was found to be less than 1 cm, and surgical release of the stricture was
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[2] H. Scott,et al. Esophagopericardial fistula of benign origin. , 1958, The Journal of thoracic surgery.
[3] R. T. Shackelford. HYDROPNEUMOPERICARDIUM: REPORT OF A CASE WITH A SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE , 1931 .