Salvage right pneumonectomy in a patient with bronchial-pulmonary artery fistula after bilateral sequential lung transplantation.
Bronchovascular fistula is a rare but fatal complication in lung transplant recipients. We report the successful salvage of a right pneumonectomy performed in a patient with a fistula between the right main bronchus and the pulmonary artery after ulcerative bronchitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus.
Rea
Federico
F
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. federico.rea@unipd.it <federico.rea@unipd.it>
Marulli
Giuseppe
G
Loy
Monica
M
Bortolotti
Luigi
L
Giacometti
Cinzia
C
Schiavon
Marco
M
Calabrese
Fiorella
F
D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D016879:Salvage Therapy
D000935:Antifungal Agents