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Case Reports
. 2007 Aug;84(2):651-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.020.

Fecopneumothorax: a rare complication of esophagectomy

Haridimos Markogiannakis  1 , Dimitrios Theodorou, Dimitrios Tzertzemelis, Dimitrios Dardamanis, Konstantinos G Toutouzas, Panagiotis Misthos, Stilianos Katsaragakis
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Fecopneumothorax: a rare complication of esophagectomy

Haridimos Markogiannakis et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Aug.

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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