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. 1993 Dec;48(12):1278–1279. doi: 10.1136/thx.48.12.1278

Gastropleural fistula following pulmonary resection.

P A O'Keefe 1, P Goldstraw 1
PMCID: PMC464997  PMID: 8303639

Abstract

A 77 year old man with an eight month history of polymyalgia rheumatica treated by steroids underwent left lower lobectomy for a non-small cell carcinoma. Following discharge he developed a pneumothorax, empyema, septicaemia, and acute renal failure. Reinvestigation and reoperation showed this to be caused by a non-malignant non-traumatic direct gastropleural fistula.

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