Sternohyoid muscle flap interposition in the treatment of an acquired tracheoesophageal fistula.

Background: Tracheoesophageal fistula caused by prolonged intubation is a rare clinical entity. We report the case of a patient successfully treated by interposition of a sternohyoid muscle flap.

Methods: Tracheoesophageal fistula secondary to prolonged ventilatory assistance developed in a 61-year-old woman who had a septic shock related to fecal peritonitis.

Synchronous isolated splenic metastasis from colon carcinoma and concomitant splenic abscess: a case report and review of the literature.

This study aimed to describe a case in which an isolated splenic metastasis was synchronous with the colonic primary and a concomitant splenic abscess was associated. A wide review of the literature was also performed. A 54-year-old woman with abdominal pain and fever was admitted to our department.