TY - JOUR
AU - Evans, C J
AB - ASHLEY AND EVANS : OESOPHAGO-PULMONARY FISTULA BY D. J. B. ASHLEY AND C. J. EVANS MORRISTON HOSPITAL, SWANSEA THIS paper describes a rare abnormality, probably mass opened and partially removed to allow free drainage into the pleural cavity. NO communication with the congenital in nature, which caused respiratory symp- Wtem was noted. toms in a man of 45 years. Only one fully comparable The postoperative course was uneventful. No air leak case’ that Of Das’ Dodge’ and Fawcett can from the operation site occurred. When he was last seen, be traced in the literature. CASE REPORT The patient, a man of 45 years, was first seen in 1960 when he complained of a dry cough which he had had for 10-20 years and, during the previous 4 days, haemo- ptysis which had increased up to a frank haemorrhage of three-quarters of a cupful of blood. He had not had any recent chest infection, he felt well, his appetite was excel- lent, and his weight had been constant for the preceding 10 years. He smoked approximately 20 cigarettes a day. Radiographs and tomographs of the chest did not reveal any parenchymal lesion of the lung, but while in hospital he 
TI - Oesophago-pulmonary fistula
JF - British Journal of Surgery
DO - 10.1002/bjs.1800530824
DA - 1966-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/oesophago-pulmonary-fistula-1RHZo7U4EC
SP - 739
EP - 740
VL - 53
IS - 8
DP - DeepDyve
ER -