RIGHT POST PNEUMONECTOMY PLEURAL EMPYEMA CAUSED BY AN ESOPHAGOPLEURALFISTULA DUE TO AN ESOPHAGEAL-CARCINOMA

Authors
OLIARO A FILOSSO PL CASADIO C RUFFINI E MOLINATTI M CIANCI R PORRELLO C RASTELLI M LEO F MAGGI G
Citation
A. Oliaro et al., RIGHT POST PNEUMONECTOMY PLEURAL EMPYEMA CAUSED BY AN ESOPHAGOPLEURALFISTULA DUE TO AN ESOPHAGEAL-CARCINOMA, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 36(6), 1995, pp. 607-609
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Surgery
Journal title
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219509
Volume
36
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
607 - 609
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9509(1995)36:6<607:RPPPEC>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A case report of a patient with pleural empyema resulting from esophag opleural fistula following perforation of squamous cell carcinoma of t he esophagus is presented. The patient had previously received a right pneumonectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma with the adjunct of postoper ative radiotherapy. Description of the case, differential diagnosis an d therapy of esophagopleural fistulas (EPF) as well as a review of the Literature is described and discussed.