Life-threatening bronchomediastinal fistula complicating a first cycle of chemotherapy in a stage IV NSCLC case

J Thorac Oncol. 2015 Apr;10(4):717-8. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000373.

Authors

Sara Piciucchi¹, Carlo Gurioli, Domenico Barone, Christian Gurioli, Mauro Bertocco, Marta Mengozzi, Giovenzio Genestreti, Marco Angelo Burgio, Venerino Poletti

Affiliation

¹ *Department of Radiology, Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy; †Department of Diseases of the Thorax, Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy; ‡Department of Radiology, IRST-IRCCS, Meldola-Forlì, Italy; §Department of Thoracic Surgery, Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy; ‖Department of Oncology, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy; and ¶Department of Oncology, IRST-IRCCS, Meldola-Forlì, Italy.

PMID: 25789836
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000373

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects*
Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
Bronchial Fistula / chemically induced*
Bronchial Fistula / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / drug therapy*
Fatal Outcome
Fistula / chemically induced
Fistula / diagnosis
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Male
Mediastinal Diseases / chemically induced*
Mediastinal Diseases / diagnosis
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents