A “double fistula” with Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease

We present a patient with a history of cavitary mycobacterial lung infection and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who developed two connected fistulas post thoracentesis, an alveolo‐pleural and a pleuro‐cutaneous fistula, leading to continuous air leak from a stoma on his back.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: El Haj Chehade, Ahel, Raphael, Ibrahim, Brown, Brent, Abdo, Tony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2021
Materias:
Clinical Video
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8258362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34257997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.809
Descripción
Sumario:We present a patient with a history of cavitary mycobacterial lung infection and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who developed two connected fistulas post thoracentesis, an alveolo‐pleural and a pleuro‐cutaneous fistula, leading to continuous air leak from a stoma on his back.

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