Esophageal diverticulum complicated with esophagobronchial fistula-Report of one case-

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Acquired communicated diverticula between the esophagus and respiratory system are infrequent, and they are caused by carcinoma, trauma, infection, and traction. This report reviews the feature of benign esophagobronchial fistula due to midesophageal diverticulum. Patient is twenty year old man with excellent result by surgical intervention . The surgical procedures consist of divertuculectomy and superior segmentectomy of lower lobe of right lung. Clinically and radiologically, the patient is free from substernal distress, regurgitation, esophagorespiratory fistula, and esophageal stricture after surgical treatment.