title: Pneumothorax and bronchopleural fistula during treatment of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
abstract: A man with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis had pneumothorax and bronchopleural fistula while impacted mucus was being successfully dislodged from bronchiectatic airways. We believe this is the first report of pneumothorax with bronchopleural fistula in a patient with active ABPA, and we have proposed a mechanism to explain the development of this complication.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Charleston 29425.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Judson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Beale
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Holt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone