Bronchopleural fistula after robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy

Aspergillus tracheobronchitis, bronchopleural fistula and empyema after lobectomy for aspergilloma

Aspergillus tracheobronchitis and Aspergillus empyema are two rare manifestations of Aspergillus infection. This case report presents a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who developed a pseudomembranous Aspergillus tracheobronchitis, bronchopleural fistula and empyema 16 months after lobectomy for an aspergilloma. Bronchoscopy proved to be important for assessment of severity. ...

Bronchopleural fistula following M. abscessus infection 11 years after lobectomy for lung cancer

Bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is a potentially fatal complication of lung cancer resection surgery that occurs during the healing process of the bronchial stump. However, the vulnerability of the healed surgical wound to overlapping acquired airway destruction has not yet been determined in detail. We herein present a case of fatal BPF following Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) infection, ...

Bronchopleural fistula complicating massive pulmonary infarction.

Thoracoscopy assisted pulmonary lobectomy.

BACKGROUND This report describes a preliminary experience with six patients undergoing video imaged thoracoscopic pulmonary lobectomy. METHODS Three left upper lobectomies, and one each of right upper, right lower and left lower lobectomy were undertaken. The resections were performed as orthodox dissectional lobectomy procedures but were carried out under videothoracoscopic imaging with inst...

Bronchopleural fistula after lower lobectomy of the right lung following thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

A 77-year old male patient was admitted for the treatment of a thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and primary lung cancer. A saccular aneurysm, 4.8 cm in diameter, located in the proximal segment of the descending thoracic aorta and a pulmonary tumour, 3 cm in diameter, located at the right lower lobe, with lymph node swelling, were detected simultaneously. First, a thoracic endovascular aortic rep...