Citation
Aa. Bankier et al., Mycobacterium xenopi infection of a 50-year-old oil plombage complicated by bronchopleural and pleurocutaneous fistulas, J THOR IMAG, 14(4), 1999, pp. 307-311
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THORACIC IMAGING
ISSN journal
08835993
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Volume
14
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
307 - 311
Database
ISI
SICI code
0883-5993(199910)14:4<307:MXIOA5>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We report the rare combination of simultaneous bronchopleural and pleurocut
aneous fistulas 50 years after oil plombage, together with infection of bot
h the plombage and the contralateral lung with Mycobacterium xenopi. Our ca
se documents imaging patterns of complex fistula formation and subsequent i
nfection resulting from oil plombage. Our case also emphasizes the infectio
us potential of Mycobacterium xenopi.