Pulmonary function tests in bronchopleural fistula.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 53-year-old white man underwent a left pneumonectomy for alveolar cell carcinoma. His postoperative course was complicated by pneumonia. At a follow-up clinic visit, the patient complained of a "roaring sound" during respiration. A follow-up PFT did not show the expected loss of volume (nitrogen washout) from a preoperative PFT, suggesting a bronchopleural fistula. A chest x-ray film and xenon lung scan confirmed the diagnosis. The fistula was surgically repaired.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchial Fistula
- Fistula
- Pleural Diseases
- Respiratory Function Tests