Large malignant tracheo‐oesophageal fistula with lung abscesses

Abstract

Key message Tracheo‐oesophageal fistula (TOF) can arise as a rare complication of malignancy (especially oesophageal or lung cancers) and pose difficult diagnostic and management dilemmas. We explore a challenging case of large malignant TOF below.

Keywords

• abscess
• malignancy
• pneumonia
• trachea‐oesophageal fistula