Complication of mediastinal mass: acquired tracheoesophageal fistula associated with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.

The occurrence of a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) in the setting of lymphoma has only rarely been reported in the world literature. Most cases reported were associated with radiation therapy vs. chemotherapy alone. This report presents one case illustrating the difficulty encountered managing a TEF that developed while undergoing chemotherapy for T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.