11 February 2026
: Case report 
Esophageal Exclusion and Retrosternal Bypass in Management of Post-Pneumonectomy Esophagopleural Fistula: A Case Report
Rare disease
Rita Vaz Sousa BEF 1*, Massimiliano Bassi
BE 1, Camilla Poggi AB 2, Davide Amore BF 1, Carolina Carillo D 1, Ylenia Pecoraro D 1, Anastasia Centofanti F 1, Valerio Sebastianelli F 1, Antonio Pio Evangelista F 1, Beatrice Zacchini F 1, Silvia Albano F 1, Silvia De Maria F 3, Marco Anile AD 1, Daniele Diso AD 1, Federico Venuta A 1, Alessandro Maria Paganini ABE 4, Tiziano De Giacomo ABEF 1
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.949725
Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e949725
Figure 1 Preoperative CT scan showing the most proximal part of the fistulous tract (*) and a loop of the nasogastric tube entering and exiting the pleural cavity through the fistulous tract (arrow).