title: Salvage right pneumonectomy in a patient with bronchial-pulmonary artery fistula after bilateral sequential lung transplantation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. federico.rea@unipd.it <federico.rea@unipd.it>
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rea
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marulli
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loy
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bortolotti
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giacometti
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schiavon
authors.forename: Fiorella
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calabrese
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents