Fecopneumothorax: a rare complication of esophagectomy |
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| Authors: | Markogiannakis Haridimos Theodorou Dimitrios Tzertzemelis Dimitrios Dardamanis Dimitrios Toutouzas Konstantinos G Misthos Panagiotis Katsaragakis Stilianos |
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| Affiliation: | First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippokrateion Hospital, Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece |
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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. |
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