"Double fistula" bronchopleural and pleurocutaneous during radioxenon study.
A woman had a right pneumonectomy, complicated 5 years later by an anaerobic infection with a following "blowout" of the bronchial stump; an empyema developed. A muscle graft was used to close the bronchial stump. An Eloesser flap was created to allow drainage of the empyema. She was later admitted with respiratory distress. A ventilation lung scan was performed with Xe-133. This showed the results of a "double fistula," with passage of radioxenon into the right pleural space and then out of the body through the Eloesser flap.
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Jefferson X-Ray Group, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut, USA.
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Spencer
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D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes