Pleurocutaneous Fistulas of Fecopneumothorax: Unusual Complications of Penetrating Thoracic Trauma Due to Zebu Gord

Abstract

Fecopneumothorax due to acute traumatic diaphragmatic rupture is a rare entity but clinical picture is critical. The systematic review of Tien Yew Chern et al. report 12 cases reports in the literature in the past 50 years (1). We performed a literature research, over the past 20 years, by consulting PubMed/MEDLINE using the terms "fecopneumothorax and chest penetrating injury". The search revealed only four reported cases of colopleural fistula associated with diaphragmatic herniation due to chest injury but none following chest penetrating trauma (1-3). Our second search using the terms "fecopneumothorax and pleurocutaneous fistulas" revealed zero results.