Repair of tracheal aspergillosis perforation causing tension pneumothorax.


Autoria(s): Gonzalez M.; Ma Tooh M.; Krueger T.; Ris H.B.; Letovanec I.; Wang Y.; Lovis A.
Data(s)

2013

Resumo

Tracheobronchial aspergillosis is a rare entity mainly observed in immune-compromised patients or those who have undergone transplantation. It may cause airway ulcerations or bleeding. We report the case of a 17-year-old patient receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia who presented with right-sided tension pneumothorax. Chest tube drainage revealed a massive air leak without reexpansion of the lung, and bronchoscopy showed a 15- × 15-mm defect of the distal trachea related to aspergillosis infection. The defect was closed by an intrathoracic transposition of a pedicled latissimus dorsi muscle flap, which was sutured into the debrided defect followed by temporary endotracheal stenting and antifungal medication.

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http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_DEB23853A03C

isbn:1552-6259 (Electronic)

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.064

isiid:000327794000073

pmid:24296207

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 96, no. 6, pp. 2256-2258

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info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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