Gastropleural fistula: Rare entity with unusual etiology

Gastropleural fistula is a rare condition. We report a case where fistula developed iatrogenically during repeated intercostal drainage tube insertions for empyema.

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Autores principales: Darbari, Anshuman, Tandon, Shekhar, Singh, G. P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19727349
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.32233
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spelling pubmed-27320792009-09-02 Gastropleural fistula: Rare entity with unusual etiology Darbari, Anshuman Tandon, Shekhar Singh, G. P. Ann Thorac Med Case Report Gastropleural fistula is a rare condition. We report a case where fistula developed iatrogenically during repeated intercostal drainage tube insertions for empyema. Medknow Publications 2007 /pmc/articles/PMC2732079/ /pubmed/19727349 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.32233 Text en © Annals of Thoracic Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gastropleural fistula: Rare entity with unusual etiology
title Gastropleural fistula: Rare entity with unusual etiology
title_full Gastropleural fistula: Rare entity with unusual etiology
title_fullStr Gastropleural fistula: Rare entity with unusual etiology
title_full_unstemmed Gastropleural fistula: Rare entity with unusual etiology
title_short Gastropleural fistula: Rare entity with unusual etiology
title_sort gastropleural fistula: rare entity with unusual etiology
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19727349
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.32233
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