Complications following endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) biopsy are rare. A 75-year-old man underwent EUS-FNA biopsy of an enlarged mediastinal lymph, which histologic investigation revealed to be a metastasis of a hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient developed the postinterventional complication of suppurative infection within the mediastinum. Under EUS guidance, a pigtail catheter and a soft tube were inserted to respectively drain and rinse the mediastinal lesion for 8 days. The remaining esophagomediastinal fistula was closed by gathering the fistula margins, using band ligations and an Endoloop. The fistula healed with no further complaints or dysphagia. Infection is a possible complication of endoluminal FNA biopsy. An endoscopically guided therapeutic approach can be favored as the initial treatment of choice and as a reasonable alternative that avoids surgical intervention.
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