The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages e37-e39 , March 2010

Benign gastrobronchial fistula with adenocarcinoma of the right mainstem bronchus

  • Simon Turcotte, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Division of Thoracic Surgery, Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Isabelle L. Cayer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Division of Thoracic Surgery, Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Jean-Luc Laporte, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Pasquale Ferraro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Division of Thoracic Surgery, Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Jocelyne Martin, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Division of Thoracic Surgery, Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • André Duranceau, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Division of Thoracic Surgery, Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: André Duranceau, MD, Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 1560 Sherbrooke E., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2L 4M1.

Received 19 June 2008 ,Accepted 26 July 2008.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01657-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.060

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages e37-e39 , March 2010

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