A gastro-pleuro-pericardial fistula that occurred following palliative chemoradiotherapy for tongue cancer: A case report

Seo Jin Jang; Yoon Ki Cha; Jeung Sook Kim; Do Yeun Kim; Dae Bong Kim

doi:10.3348/jksr.2019.80.4.815

A gastro-pleuro-pericardial fistula that occurred following palliative chemoradiotherapy for tongue cancer: A case report

Seo Jin Jang, Yoon Ki Cha, Jeung Sook Kim, Do Yeun Kim, Dae Bong Kim

Department of Medicine

Dongguk University

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Abstract

A gastro-pleuro-pericardial fistula is an abnormal communication between the stomach, pleuralcavity, and pericardium. It is a very rare and life-threatening condition, which needs promptintervention. We report a case of gastro-pleuro-pericardial fistula in a patient with tongue cancerwho was treated with chemoradiotherapy. A 41-year-old woman presented with left chestdiscomfort and dyspnea. She was diagnosed with left pleural metastasis from tongue cancerand was treated with chemoradiotherapy on the left posteroinferior chest wall. A CT revealedthe abnormal connection between the gastric fundus, left pleura and pericardium, showinggastro-pleuro-pericardial fistula.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	815-819
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
Volume	80
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2019.80.4.815
State	Published - Jul 2019

Keywords

Chemotherapy
Computed Tomography
Fistula
Radiotherapy
Tongue Cancer
X-Ray

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