title: Hemoptysis due to pulmonary pseudosequestration secondary to gastro-pulmonary fistula after a revisional bariatric operation.
abstract: We report the case of a patient with a history of a complicated revisional bariatric operation who developed a lung pseudosequestration secondary to a gastro-pulmonary fistula. As the patient presented with recurrent hemoptysis, she was initially submitted to embolization of the aberrant vessels and later to a definite operation, which consisted on a diversion of the gastric fistula into a Roux-en-Y intestinal loop. It is an exceptional case about late complications of bariatric surgery, and it underlines the importance of discarding these complications even when the clinical manifestations affect another anatomic region different from the operated abdomen.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Santa Elena Clinic, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos Cerdán
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Santacruz
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Esophago-Gastric and Bariatric Surgery, San Carlos Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: María Conde
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Esophago-Gastric and Bariatric Surgery, San Carlos Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Pernaute
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Esophago-Gastric and Bariatric Surgery, San Carlos Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio José Torres
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: García
keywords: Bariatric surgery complications; gastric mucocele; gastrobronchial fistula; lung pseudosequestration