J Korean Radiol Soc.  2008 Apr;58(4):341-350. 10.3348/jkrs.2008.58.4.341.

Various Bronchial Fistulas: Pitfalls and Usefulness on CT. A Pictorial Review

• Kim YS
• Chung MH
• Lim HW
• Kim KJ
• Park HJ
• Song SW
• Kim HR

• KMID: 1479097
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.2008.58.4.341

Abstract

The presence and type of bronchial fistulas connected with various organs within the thorax were examined. The types of bronchial fistulas include bronchopleural, bronchoesophageal, adenobronchial, bronchomediastinal, bronchovascular, and other variants. The bronchopleural fistula included a central bronchopleural and peripheral bronchopleural fistula, as well as a bronchoesophageal fistula consisting of congenital and acquired fistula. Generally, an adenobronchial fistula generated by pulmonary tuberculosis or corrosive esophagitis. These conditions may have originated from bronchomediastinal and bronchovascula fistula. The computed tomography results revealed the connection of the bronchial fistula with organs and causative diseases. In addition, applying multiplanar reformatted images provided a the accurate location of bronchial fistula. In this type of clinical atlas, the type of bronchial fistulas and their imagings were introduced.

Keyword

Bronchial fistula; Computed tomography (CT); Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT)

MeSH Terms

Bronchial Fistula
Esophagitis
Fistula
Thorax
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary