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Kang: Tracheoesophageal Fistula Resulting from Invasive Aspergillosis in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case Report
Case Report

Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 2006; 54(4): 269-272.

Published online: 30 April 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.2006.54.4.269

Tracheoesophageal Fistula Resulting from Invasive Aspergillosis in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case Report

Si Won Kang

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University, Korea.

Corresponding author: kang8801@dreamwiz.com

Copyright © 2006 by The Korean Society of Radiology

Abstract

Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) in adult patients is an uncommon complication in leukemia. We present here on a case of TEF in a 46-year-old woman with ALL. The patient was asymptomatic and TEF is resulted from aspergillus bronchitis during the chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Keywords: Trachea, Fistula, Aspergillosis, Leukemia

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