[Mastitis with abscesses caused by esophageal fistula].

Mastitis originating from a fistula from intramediastinal esophago-jejunostomy following gastrectomy is an extremely rare event. We report on a 79-year old woman who had undergone repeated surgery due to recurrent breast abscesses for more than a year. The patient's history showed gastrectomy and esophago-jejunostomy two years earlier, with subsequent undetected insufficiency of the anastomosis and inflammation of the breast.