Repair of tracheal aspergillosis perforation causing tension pneumothorax.
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2013
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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 |
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Fonte |
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 96, no. 6, pp. 2256-2258 |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article article |