Congenital bronchobiliary fistula: first case in an adult

C R de Carvalho; C S Barbas; R M Guarnieri; J R de Campos; L T Filomeno; P H Saldiva; J V Barbas Filho

doi:10.1136/thx.43.10.792

Congenital bronchobiliary fistula: first case in an adult

Thorax. 1988 Oct;43(10):792-3. doi: 10.1136/thx.43.10.792.

Authors

C R de Carvalho¹, C S Barbas, R M Guarnieri, J R de Campos, L T Filomeno, P H Saldiva, J V Barbas Filho

Affiliation

¹ Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery Division, Hospital das Clinicas and Experimental Air Pollution Laboratory, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.

Abstract

The first adult case of a congenital communication between the biliary tract and the right main bronchus is reported. Treatment by surgical excision and pneumonectomy was successful.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Biliary Fistula / congenital*
Biliary Fistula / surgery
Bronchial Fistula / congenital*
Bronchial Fistula / surgery
Female
Humans
Pneumonectomy