Tracheo‐esophageal fistula and pleural empyema in the course of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection—A case report

Hanna Kubik; Wiktoria Smyła; Mikołaj Herba; Szymon Białka; Mateusz Rydel

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6400

Clinical Case Reports (Oct 2022)

Tracheo‐esophageal fistula and pleural empyema in the course of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection—A case report

Hanna Kubik,
Wiktoria Smyła,
Mikołaj Herba,
Szymon Białka,
Mateusz Rydel

Affiliations

Hanna Kubik: Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Student Scientific Society at the Chair and Department of Thoracic Surgery Medical University of Silesia Katowice Poland
Wiktoria Smyła: Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Student Scientific Society at the Chair and Department of Thoracic Surgery Medical University of Silesia Katowice Poland
Mikołaj Herba: Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Student Scientific Society at the Chair and Department of Thoracic Surgery Medical University of Silesia Katowice Poland
Szymon Białka: Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Medical University of Silesia Katowice Poland
Mateusz Rydel: Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Chair and Department of Thoracic Surgery Medical University of Silesia Katowice Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6400
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 10
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract We report a 49‐year‐old patient with COVID‐19 who developed lung abscess, pleural empyema, and tracheo‐esophageal fistula. He underwent cervicotomy, segmental tracheal resection, esophageal‐tracheal fistula excision, and suturing the esophagus, and a classic thoracotomy was performed. Despite the severe infection, the patient was discharged home after successful surgical treatment.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904

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