title: Squamous cell carcinoma of the pleura following bronchopleural fistula.
abstract: Squamous metaplasia of the pleura with malignant transformation was observed five months after the development of an empyema and bronchopleural fistula in a 58 year old woman with lingular bronchiectasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guha
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Norton
mesh_terms: D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology