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ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2021

Case report of a 72-year-old man with diaphragmatic hernia and thoracic gastropericardial fistula after esophagectomy for 18 years.

Xinjian Xu, Zhaoyang Yan, Ming He

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Article in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xinjian XuDepartment of thoracic surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050011, China.
Zhaoyang YanDepartment of thoracic surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050011, China.
Ming HeDepartment of thoracic surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050011, China. hemingwork88@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9559-0733
Hebei Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBoth diaphragmatic hernia and thoracic gastropericardial fistula rarely occur simultaneously in patients with radical esophagectomy. CASE PRESENTATION: A 72-year-old man presented to our hospital with 1 day of nausea, vomiting and acute left chest pain. He had radical esophagectomy (Sweet approach) for esophageal cancer 18 years ago. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed diaphragmatic hernias and air collection within the pericardial space. While an operation of diaphragmatic hernia repair was decisively performed to prevent further serious complications, unusually, a thoracic gastropericardial fistula was also found unusually.

conclusionDiaphragmatic hernia and thoracic gastropericardial fistula may occasionally coexist in patients with esophagectomy. Upper GI radiograph with a water-soluble contrast agent is a better diagnostic tool than CT in visualizing the fistula.

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AgedContrast MediaEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophagectomyGastric FistulaHernia, DiaphragmaticHerniorrhaphyHumansMalePneumopericardiumRadiographyTomography, X-Ray ComputedContrast MediaCase reportDiaphragmatic herniasEsophagectomyThoracic gastropericardial fistula

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PMID34233692
PMCPMC8265082
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