Cronin E B, Erbay N, Spencer R P
Jefferson X-Ray Group, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut, USA.
Clin Nucl Med. 1997 Apr;22(4):241-2. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199704000-00007.
A woman had a right pneumonectomy, complicated 5 years later by an anaerobic infection with a following "blowout" of the bronchial stump; an empyema developed. A muscle graft was used to close the bronchial stump. An Eloesser flap was created to allow drainage of the empyema. She was later admitted with respiratory distress. A ventilation lung scan was performed with Xe-133. This showed the results of a "double fistula," with passage of radioxenon into the right pleural space and then out of the body through the Eloesser flap.
