Journal: Frontiers in Medicine
Article Title: Case report: Endobronchial closure of postoperative bronchopleural fistula with embolization coil: a sandwich-like approach
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1333157
Figure Lengend Snippet: A 44-year-old woman with persistent air leak after left upper lobectomy for lung adenocarcinoma in situ received the treatment of a single pushable Embolization Coil. (A,B) Chest computed tomography (CT) scans (axial and sagittal planes) demonstrated compressive atelectasis (blue asterisk) and pneumothorax in the left lung, which communicated directly (black arrows) with the bronchial stump. (C,D) Follow-up CT scans (axial and coronal planes) obtained 1 month after treatment demonstrated the complete closure of the fistula tract by the curved Embolization Coil which formed a tight occluding mass “like a sandwich” (black arrows), resolving the pneumothorax with the expansion of the collapsed lung tissue.
Article Snippet: Six consecutive patients (four males and two females aged 29–56 years) diagnosed with postoperative BPF receiving bronchoscopic treatment with the pushable Nester® Embolization Coil (Cook Medical, Bloomington, Indiana) were included in this single-center, retrospective study.
Techniques: In Situ, Computed Tomography