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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:208. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.04.002
Copyright © 2008, European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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Non-treated late bronchopleural fistula

Yekta Altemur Karamustafaoglu*, Yener Yoruk

Trakya University of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Edirne, Turkey

Received 6 February 2008; received in revised form 1 April 2008; accepted 2 April 2008.

* Corresponding author. Address: Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Gogus Cerrahisi AD, Gullapoglu Yerleskesi 22030 Edirne, Turkey. Tel.: +90 284 2355936; fax: +90 284 2355936. (Email: altemurk{at}hotmail.com).

Key Words: Pneumonectomy • Bronchopleural fistula

A 53-year-old male patient underwent left pneumonectomy for adenocarcinoma; an exceedingly long left main bronchus was left behind. Four months after surgery bronchopleural fistula was diagnosed based on sputum discharge and X-ray findings. The patient did not accept bronchoscopy or drainage, but he remains asymptomatic despite a full lumen bronchopleural fistula confirmed by computed tomography two years after surgery (Fig. 1 ).


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  		Fig. 1. Control thorax CT showed left pneumonectomy cavity and full lumen bronchopleural fistula.

 





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