PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - O'Keefe, P A
AU  - Goldstraw, P
TI  - Gastropleural fistula following pulmonary resection.
AID  - 10.1136/thx.48.12.1278
DP  - 1993 Dec 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 1278--1279
VI  - 48
IP  - 12
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/48/12/1278.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/48/12/1278.full
SO  - Thorax1993 Dec 01; 48
AB  - A 77 year old man with an eight month history of polymyalgia rheumatica treated by steroids underwent left lower lobectomy for a non-small cell carcinoma. Following discharge he developed a pneumothorax, empyema, septicaemia, and acute renal failure. Reinvestigation and reoperation showed this to be caused by a non-malignant non-traumatic direct gastropleural fistula.