Tuberculous Pleuro-Cutaneous Fistula

Tuberculous Pleuro-Cutaneous Fistula

Introduction: The pleural fistulas are defined by a fistula communicating the pleural cavity to the chest wall. They often occur in the immunocompromised individuals with pyogenic infections, much more rarely in immunocompetent patients with tuberculosis. Materials and Methods: Between February 2010 and August 2012, five patients were followed up and operated for tuberculous pleuro-cutaneous fi...

Spontaneous Pneumothorax with a Pleuro-Peritoneal Fistula

Broncho-pleuro-cutaneous fistula and pneumothorax: Rare challenging complications of chest wall eumycetoma

We report on a 60-year-old housewife who presented to the Mycetoma Research Centre (MRC) at the University of Khartoum on the 7 December 2016 with a 30-year history of chest wall eumycetoma due to Madurella mycetomatis. Two months prior to presentation to the MRC, a discharging sinus in the left lateral side of the chest wall was noted by the patient. The discharge was purulent and contained bl...

[Pleuro-pneumonectomy in the treatment of tuberculous empyemas].

The treatment of tuberculous empyema still remains a major therapeutic problem in tuberculosis. In recent years, the use of antibiotics and pleural lavages have undoubtedly improved the prognosis of uncomplicated tuberculous empyemata; however, when a broncho-pleural fistula with subsequent mixed infection empyema is present, major thoracic intervention will still be the only way to obtain a co...

Pleuro-biliary fistula--a delayed complication following open cholecystectomy.

A 24-year-old lady presented with bilious expectoration and history suggestive of obstructive jaundice, 16 months following open cholecystectomy. Pleurocentesis was done, followed by intercostal drainage, which drained about 300 mL bilious fluid per day for a month. Her symptoms of obstructive jaundice were relieved. A pleuro-biliary fistula was demonstrated by percutaneous transhepatic cholang...