Endoscopic closure of a gastropleural fistula

Abstract

A 25-year-old woman underwent a sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity. Over the next 6 weeks, she was hospitalized three times for recurrent pneumonia. She presented to our hospital with the same problem 8 weeks after the surgery. Computed tomography of the chest showed consolidation of the left lower lobe and a left-sided pleural effusion ([Fig. 1]).