Pulmonary complications in chronic post-corrosive esophagitis, clinical and radiological examination

ABSTRACT

Pulmonary complications were investigated in 75 children with postoperative oesophagitis and in 75 age and sex matched normal controls. Of the radiological study for the oesophagus showed evidence of stricture in 93.33% of the cases tight a stricture was present in 30.67% of cases and dilatation above the stricture was present in 57.33% of cases. Over spilling bronchography was observed in 68% of cases during lipidol swallow. Examination of the respiratory system showed bronchitis in [40%], pneumonia in [21.33%] and middle lobe collapse in [1.33%] iatrogenic lung lesion was observed in three children [4%]. Respiratory complication was found to occur more commonly in those children with high, non-passable or long strictures. It was also common when there was dilatation above the stricture and when there was evidence of reflux bronchography