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

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jan 18:2018:bcr2017223717. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223717.

Authors

Orlando Garner¹, Alfredo Iardino¹, Ana Ramirez¹, Yasir Ahmed²

Affiliations

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.

No abstract available

Keywords: infectious diseases; intensive care; interventional radiology; pneumonia (respiratory medicine).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bronchial Fistula / microbiology
Bronchial Fistula / surgery*
Coccidioidomycosis / complications*
Fistula / microbiology
Fistula / surgery*
Humans
Lung Diseases, Fungal / complications*
Male
Middle Aged
Pleura / microbiology
Pleura / surgery
Pleural Diseases / microbiology
Pleural Diseases / surgery*
Surgical Flaps*
Thoracotomy / methods*