Tuberc Respir Dis.  1996 Oct;43(5):812-817. 10.4046/trd.1996.43.5.812.

Congenital Bronchoesophageal Fistula Causing Only Chronic Cough: One case

• Joo MS
• Kwak SM
• Jo CH
• Shin YW
• Kim SW

• KMID: 2158571
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1996.43.5.812

Abstract

There were so many causes of chronic coughing including postnasal drip, pneumonia, nasal polyp, asthma, interstinal lung disease etc. Congenital bronchoesophageal fistula was not usually thought as cause of chronic coughing. A 46-year-old female patient suffered from chronic coughing without usual causes. Her chest X-ray viewed normally. She coughed especially after swallowing foods. So we recommended her esophagogram and it revealed broncho-esphageal fistula. She underwent surgical resection of broncho-esophageal fistula. She was well without cough after the surgery. We reported a case of congenital broncho-esphageal fistula that had caused chronic coughing without any evidence of pneumonia, malignancy, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, inflammation, asthma, nasal polyp, etc. So we should suspect the bronchoesophageal fistula when patients cough chronically with eating, and recommend the esophagogram.

Keyword

Congenital; bronchoesophageal fistula; chronic coughing

MeSH Terms

Asthma
Bronchiectasis
Cough*
Deglutition
Eating
Female
Fistula*
Humans
Inflammation
Lung Diseases
Middle Aged
Nasal Polyps
Pneumonia
Thorax
Tuberculosis