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Pulmonary function tests in bronchopleural fistula.

J R Alencherry·T Fagan·R M Shah
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Abstract

A 53-year-old white man underwent a left pneumonectomy for alveolar cell carcinoma. His postoperative course was complicated by pneumonia. At a follow-up clinic visit, the patient complained of a "roaring sound" during respiration. A follow-up PFT did not show the expected loss of volume (nitrogen washout) from a preoperative PFT, suggesting a bronchopleural fistula. A chest x-ray film and xenon lung scan confirmed the diagnosis. The fistula was surgically repaired.

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J R Alencherry, T Fagan, R M Shah. 1991. Pulmonary function tests in bronchopleural fistula.. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.100.2.582

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