PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Olesen, LL AU - Pedersen, JT TI - Colo-pleural fistula AID - 10.1183/09031936.93.02080792 DP - 1989 Sep 01 TA - European Respiratory Journal PG - 792--793 VI - 2 IP - 8 4099 - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/2/8/792.short 4100 - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/2/8/792.full SO - Eur Respir J1989 Sep 01; 2 AB - A case of non-traumatic colo-pleural fistula is recorded for the first time as the cause of a long-standing pleural empyema. The patient was treated with drainage, antibiotics and parenteral nutrition. The fistula was the result of a diverticulitis coli and/or a pancreatitis.