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Behc¸et's disease of the oesophagus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

B. Levack  and
D. Hanson
B. Levack
Affiliation:
B. Levack, Department of Plastic Surgery, St. James's Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF.
D. Hanson
Affiliation:
D. R. Hanson, E.N.T. Department, St. James's Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF.
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Abstract

A FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD man known to have Behçet's disease (two major and two minor symptoms) (Mason and Baines, 1969) presented with dysphagia, hoarseness and regurgitation of food. This was subsequently found to be due to a tracheo-oesophageal fistula consequent upon an area of Behçet's ulceration in the oesophagus. The fistula was excised, the defects in the trachea and oesophagus repaired, and the patient's recovery was uneventful.

Type
Clinical records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 93 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 99 - 101
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1979

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