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Tracheoesophageal fistulas can arise from both benign and malignant conditions, and often present clinically as increased secretions, coughing with or without hypoxia after swallowing, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia. We describe a tracheoesophageal fistula in a post-chemotherapy lymphoma patient that was closed with use of an over-the-scope Aponos clip.
ACG Case Rep J 2014 Oct
PMID:Closure of a Chronic, Non-Healing Tracheoesophageal Fistula With a New Over-the-Scope Clip. 2615 94

We report a 63-year-old woman who presented with 1 month of non-productive cough and non-bloody diarrhea. She was on maintenance therapy for a 15-year history of Crohn's disease. Treatment with systemic corticosteroids resulted in rapid improvement of both her diarrhea and respiratory symptoms. Our patient is unique in that she presented with tracheobronchitis during an acute flare of her Crohn's without obvious lung pathology on chest imaging. Tracheobronchitis is a rare manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease that should be considered in Crohn's disease patients presenting with persistent non-infectious cough.
ACG Case Rep J 2016 Apr
PMID:Tracheobronchitis in a Patient With Crohn's Disease. 2714 98

Dysphagia and cough in an older male smoker raise concern for malignancy. However, a history of environmental exposures led to a much more interesting diagnosis in this case of pneumoconiosis due to silicosis. Silicosis is an uncommon pulmonary disease with rare associated gastrointestinal symptoms. We report a bronchoesophageal fistula resulting from silicosis causing dysphagia and cough. This is the first report of using endoscopic stenting to manage an esophageal fistula from silicosis. This case highlights how common symptoms of cough and dysphagia can masquerade as a pulmonary or oropharyngeal problem, when they are actually gastrointestinal manifestations of a rare disease.
ACG Case Rep J 2018
PMID:A Rare Cause of Dysphagia and Cough: Bronchoesophageal Fistula from Silicosis. 3046 7

A 45-year-old man presented with abdominal pain, fever with chills, nonproductive cough, mild pleurisy, and anorexia. Computed tomography scan showed a heterogeneously enhancing mass in the left hepatic lobe with leukocytosis and elevated C-reactive protein. Interval growth of the lesion was noted on magnetic resonance imaging obtained several days after admission. Given the clinical suspicion for pyogenic liver abscess and favorable location in the left hepatic lobe, endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage was pursued. The patient underwent endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy with a lumen-apposing metal stent. His symptoms gradually abated after procedure. Radiographic resolution of the abscess was noted 1 week after stent placement, and the stent was subsequently removed. He had no clinical or radiographic evidence of recurrence at 1-month follow-up.
ACG Case Rep J 2019 Sep
PMID:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy With Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent for Management of Pyogenic Liver Abscess. 3175 Mar 64