Radiolucent esophageal foreign body presenting as a middle mediastinal mass and tracheoesophageal fistula  Joseph M. Baylan, MD, Kelly D. Mattix, MD 

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Radiolucent esophageal foreign body presenting as a middle mediastinal mass and tracheoesophageal fistula  Joseph M. Baylan, MD, Kelly D. Mattix, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 148, Issue 5, Pages 2420-2421 (November 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.04.030 Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Axial and coronal chest computed tomography displaying a middle mediastinal mass (within green circle) with tracheal deviation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 2420-2421DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.04.030) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Esophagography demonstrating a tracheoesophageal fistula (green arrow). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 2420-2421DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.04.030) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Postresection photograph of the foreign body that caused the fistula, an almost fully intact leaf. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 2420-2421DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.04.030) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions