Squamous cell carcinoma of the pleura following bronchopleural fistula.
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.
Prabhakar
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry.
Mitchell
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Guha
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Norton
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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