Author/Authors :
Haridimos Markogiannakis، نويسنده , , Dimitrios Theodorou، نويسنده , , Dimitrios Tzertzemelis، نويسنده , , Dimitrios Dardamanis، نويسنده , , Konstantinos G. Toutouzas، نويسنده , , Panagiotis Misthos، نويسنده , , Stilianos Katsaragakis، نويسنده ,
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.
