Surgical treatment of tracheomediastinal fistula from recurrent Hodgkin's lymphoma

D G Tse; A Summers; J R Sanger; G B Haasler

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(98)01342-3

Surgical treatment of tracheomediastinal fistula from recurrent Hodgkin's lymphoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 Mar;67(3):832-4. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)01342-3.

Authors

D G Tse¹, A Summers, J R Sanger, G B Haasler

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.

PMID: 10215240
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)01342-3

Abstract

The role of surgery in the management of Hodgkin's disease is usually diagnostic because chemotherapy and radiation are often curative. We report here the surgical treatment of a tracheomediastinal fistula from recurrent Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Fistula / diagnostic imaging
Fistula / etiology
Fistula / surgery*
Hodgkin Disease / complications*
Hodgkin Disease / therapy
Humans
Male
Mediastinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Mediastinal Diseases / etiology
Mediastinal Diseases / surgery*
Recurrence
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tracheal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Tracheal Diseases / etiology
Tracheal Diseases / surgery*