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Gastrointestinal Visualization During Xenon-133 Ventilation Study in a Patient with Tracheoesophageal Fistula

Department of Radiology and the Department of Chest Surgery, Seirei Mikatabara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, 433, Japan
Department of Radiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Yasuo Takehara, MD, Dept. of Radiology, Seirei Mikatabara General Hospital, 3453 Mikatabara, Hamamatsu, 433, Japan.

ABSTRACT

A 37-yr-old female with H-type tracheoesophageal fistula demonstrated visualization of the gastrointestinal tract during a ventilation study using ¹³³Xe gas. Gastrointestinal visualization by ¹³³Xe on a ventilation study may prove to be a useful screening procedure for this condition in appropriate patients.