Anomalous Right Subclavian Artery-Esophageal Fistulae

Table 1

Reported cases of anomalous subclavian artery-esophageal fistulae.

Study	Age (years)	Sex	Pathology	Cause	Predisposing factors	Time lag after intubation (days)	Outcome	Treatment	Sentinel bleed
Lynn, 1969	57	M		Aneurysm	Aneurysm		Fatal
Reynes, 1976	72	F		Aneurysm	Aneurysm		Fatal		Yes
Merchant et al., 1977	17	F	Recovery after cesarian section	NGT		9	Fatal
Livesay et al., 1982	25	M	Head trauma	ETT/NGT		13	Fatal
Jungck and Puschel, 1983	6	M	Multiple trauma	ETT/NGT		42	Fatal
Belkin et al., 1984	27	M	ENT cancer	NGT		60	Fatal
Edwards et al., 1984	36	F	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	NGT	Corticotherapy	27	Fatal		Yes
Gosset et al., 1985	72	F	Recovery after aortic repair	ETT/NGT	Corticotherapy, infection, surgery	30	Fatal
Guzzeta et al., 1989	0.4	F	Recovery after heart surgery	NGT			Survived
Kulling, 1989		M			Aneurysm		Fatal
Ikeda et al., 1991	9	M	Recovery after heart surgery	ETT/NGT	Surgery		Fatal
Stone, 1990		M					Fatal
Hirakata et al., 1991	55	M	Esophageal cancer	NGT	Surgery, irradiation, cancer	44	Survived
Miller et al., 1996	11	F	Intracerebral hemorrhage	ETT/NGT		17	Survived	Surgery	No
Minyard and Smith, 2000	39	F	Head trauma	NGT			Fatal
Feugier et al., 2003	24	M	Multiple trauma	ETT/NGT	Deceleration syndrome	31	Survived	Surgery
Eynden, 2006	9	F		Esophageal stent	Caustic ingestion in Down syndrome patient with subsequent esophageal fissures and mediastinitis		Survived	Surgery	Yes
Inman et al., 2008	63	M		Salivary bypass tube	Chemotherapy and radiation, then salvage total laryngectomy and pharyngectomy		Fatal	Endovascular stent	Yes
Magagna et al., 2008	73	F			Laryngectomy, then chemotherapy and radiation therapy		Survived	Stent	Yes
Current study	41	F		NGT, tracheostomy tube	Corticotherapy, sepsis		Fatal	Stent	Yes