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Computed tomography plain scans of the chest. (A,B) Preoperative views of the patient with a nasogastric tube in place. (A) Transverse position. (B) Coronal position at the posterior membranous part of the trachea. Note the cavity through the trachea and esophagus. Dotted lines represent the physiological interval. (C,D) Postoperative views. (C) Transverse position. (D) Coronal position. The tracheoesophageal fistula was repaired. The natural physiological interval lies across the trachea and esophagus, remodeling a tracheal cavity and an esophageal lumen.
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After 3 weeks of continuous treatment, a chest CT scan revealed a tracheoesophageal fistula, 2 cm in diameter, in the cervical and upper thoracic esophagus (Figures 1A,B). Surgery, where she underwent surgery to repair the fistula (Figures 1C,D). Surgery was successful and the drainage tube, including the nasogastric tube, was removed 1 week later.