BRONCHIAL-PULMONARY ARTERY FISTULA AFTER UNILATERAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
KESSLER R MASSARD G WARTER A WIHLM JM WEITZENBLUM E
Citation
R. Kessler et al., BRONCHIAL-PULMONARY ARTERY FISTULA AFTER UNILATERAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION - A CASE-REPORT, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation, 16(6), 1997, pp. 674-677
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Transplantation,"Respiratory System
Journal title
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation → ACNP
ISSN journal
10532498
Volume
16
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
674 - 677
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-2498(1997)16:6<674:BAFAUL>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We report on a right bronchial-pulmonary artery fistula resulting in f atal hemoptysis in a 54-year-old man, 3 months after right unilateral transplantation for end-stage emphysema. The posttransplantation perio d was complicated by ulcerative tracheobronchial aspergillosis. Early treatment with itraconazole was performed. All samples of bronchial wa shing, bronchoalveolar lavage, and bronchial and transbronchial biopsy specimens were free of aspergillus after 3 weeks of treatment. Necrop sy showed a fistula between the right pulmonary artery and the main ri ght bronchus, situated just beneath the suture line.