Tuberculous tracheo-esophageal fistula in a renal transplant patient

Abstract EN

The incidence of mycobacterial infection (TB) is significantly higher in patients with end-stage renal disease and renal transplant recipients than in normal individuals.

Tracheoesophageal fistulas (TEF) resulting from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection are uncommon.

We describe a 44-year old renal transplant recipient with such a lesion that had typical clinical presentation and radiological appearance of TEF and was successfully treated conservatively.