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J Cardiothorac Surg
July 2020
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Background: Enterogenic empyema is an uncommon complication of colobronchial fistula (CBF). We reported a case of enterogenic empyema patient after surgery for CBF.
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old gentleman presented with persistent fever and repeated hemoptysis for 8 months.
BMJ Case Rep
August 2018
Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
We discuss the case of a 44-year-old man with a refractory left lower lobe pneumonia progressing to a pulmonary abscess caused by a colobronchial fistula, a rare complication of underlying Crohn's disease. The patient presented with weight loss and signs of a pulmonary consolidation, which responded incompletely to the targeted antibiotic treatment. The causative colobronchial fistula was demonstrated by CT-guided puncture and retrograde injection of contrast medium.
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March 2018
Department of Internal Medicine, Navitas Clinic, Japan.
J Thorac Dis
January 2017
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China.
Background: Colobronchial fistula (CBF) is rare and easy to be delayed in clinic. There is no systemic study about this disease. The pathogenesis, clinical presentations, diagnosis and treatment of CBF were analyzed in this study.
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June 2012
Department of Surgery, UPMC Mercy Hospital, 1400 Locust St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.
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