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Fırat Tıp Dergisi
2004, Cilt 9, Sayı 4, Sayfa(lar) 134-136
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Postoperative Bronchopleural Fistula
Ayşe MURAT1, Akın Eraslan BALCI2, Ferda ERSOY1, Şeblem ÇETİNKAYA1
1 Fırat Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı, ELAZIĞ
2 Göğüs Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, ELAZIĞ

Bronchopleural fistula (BPF) remains the most dreaded complication following thoracic surgery. Its prevalence is reported to range between 0.8% and 15%. Mortality rates for BPF range from 30% to 70%. BPF commonly occurs after right pneumonectomy. Predisposing factors are preoperative uncontrolled pleuropulmonary infection, trauma, and preoperative radiation therapy. CT findings in BPF include air and fluid collections in the pleural space and demonstration of a communication or tract from an airway or the lung parenchyma to the pleural space. A 65 year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital with purulent sputum production and cough. In his history, right bilobectomy and complementary pneumonectomy was performed due to right lung mass. 6 months after the latter surgical operation, his complaints occurred. We present clinical and radiological findings of the patient which diagnosed as BPF, clinically. ©2004, Fırat Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi

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