Fecopneumothorax: a rare complication of esophagectomy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Intrathoracic colon herniation after esophagectomy is rare. Furthermore, fecopneumothorax is an extremely infrequent clinical entity. We believe this is the first report in the literature of a patient with fecopneumothorax due to diverticular perforation of intrathoracically herniated transverse colon 2 months after transthoracic esophagectomy and cervical esophagogastric anastomosis. The relative literature addressing cause, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, and prevention of this life-threatening complication of esophagectomy is reviewed.
Medical subject headings
- Adenocarcinoma
- Colonic Diseases
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Esophagectomy
- Pneumothorax