Role of modified Eloesser flap in the treatment of bronchopleural fistula caused by pulmonary coccidioidomycosis

- 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University at the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, USA
- 2 Department of Infectious Disease, Texas Tech University of Health Science Center at the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, USA
- Correspondence to Dr Alfredo Iardino, alfredo.iardino{at}ttuhsc.edu
- Accepted 3 January 2018
- Published 18 January 2018
Description
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection by the Coccidioides genus and is usually caused by inhalation of the spores. Patients with diabetes are more likely to present with severe lung disease, especially cavitary lesions.1 2 We depict the case of a 47-year-old man with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus who presented with a right pulmonary lung abscess due to coccidioidomycosis and underwent a right thoracotomy with partial right upper lobe resection. Intraoperatively the …