DOUBLE FISTULA BRONCHOPLEURAL AND PLEUROCUTANEOUS DURING RADIOXENON STUDY

A woman had a right pneumonectomy, complicated 5 years later by an ana erobic infection with a following ''blowout'' of the bronchial stump; an empyema developed, A muscle graft was used to close the bronchial s tump. An Eloesser flap was created to allow drainage of the empyema, S he was later admitted with respiratory distress, A ventilation lung sc an was performed with Xe-133. This showed the results of a ''double fi stula,'' with passage of radioxenon into the right pleural space and t hen out of the body through the Eloesser flap.