RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Colo-pleural fistula
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 792
OP 793
DO 10.1183/09031936.93.02080792
VO 2
IS 8
A1 Olesen, LL
A1 Pedersen, JT
YR 1989
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/2/8/792.abstract
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.