title: "Double fistula" bronchopleural and pleurocutaneous during radioxenon study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Jefferson X-Ray Group, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Erbay
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes