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. 1989 Dec;44(12):1053–1054. doi: 10.1136/thx.44.12.1053

Squamous cell carcinoma of the pleura following bronchopleural fistula.

G Prabhakar 1, I M Mitchell 1, T Guha 1, R Norton 1
PMCID: PMC1020887  PMID: 2617446

Abstract

Squamous metaplasia of the pleura with malignant transformation was observed five months after the development of an empyema and bronchopleural fistula in a 58 year old woman with lingular bronchiectasis.

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