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Diagnosis of postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula using ventilation scintigraphy
F A Pigula1, R J Keenan, K S Naunheim
1Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
Occult bronchopleural fistulas are frequently present when empyemas develop in a postpneumonectomy space. Recognition of the bronchial stump disruption can be difficult, which may lead to delays or errors in the management of these difficult problems. We report the use of xenon ventilation nuclear scintigraphy as an effective noninvasive means of confirming the diagnosis of occult postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistulas.