title: Pancreaticobronchial fistula causing lung abscess: case report and brief discussion of the literature.
abstract: A case report of a patient with an abscess of the lung caused by a pancreaticobronchial fistula is presented. The patient was treated by pulmonary resection and distal pancreatectomy-splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Harvard Medical School, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Misare
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gagner
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Braasch
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shahian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis