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Bronchomediastinal fistula detected accidently during palliative radiation therapy
Author(s) -
Song Sung Heon,
Oh Yoon Jung,
Chae SooMin,
Lee JungYeon
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/j.1759-7714.2012.00167.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , fistula , mediastinitis , bronchus , lung cancer , radiology , complication , mediastinum , surgery , lung , respiratory disease , oncology
Abstract Bronchomediastinal fistula is an extremely rare complication resulting from diseases such as mediastinitis or mediastinal malignancies. In patients with lung cancer, bronchomediastinal fistula formation has rarely been reported, except during post‐chemotherapy or post‐radiation therapy complications. An 84‐year‐old visited our hospital to receive palliative radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the right main bronchus T4N2M1a . During an early course of radiation therapy, chest computed tomography ( CT ) scans revealed bronchomediastinal fistula between the right main bronchus and the enlarged sub‐carinal lymph nodes. Radiation therapy was, therefore, discontinued and the patient received only supportive care.

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