AUTOMATIC INTERNAL CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR PATCH EROSION INTO THE UPPER AIRWAY PRESENTING AS A CAVITARY LESION

Authors
LICK SD CONTI VR
Citation
Sd. Lick et Vr. Conti, AUTOMATIC INTERNAL CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR PATCH EROSION INTO THE UPPER AIRWAY PRESENTING AS A CAVITARY LESION, Chest, 112(4), 1997, pp. 1144-1146
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
112
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1144 - 1146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1997)112:4<1144:AICPEI>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Erosion of an automatic infernal cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) pat ch into tile lingular bronchus occurred 4 years after implantation; th e erosion presented as a cavitary mass associated with hemoptysis and weight loss. On bronchoscopy 10 evaluate for suspected carcinoma, a ca vity was entered through a bronchial defect and the AICD patch clearly identified. Tile complication was successfully treated with patch rem oval and fistula closure.