Role of modified Eloesser flap in the treatment of bronchopleural fistula caused by pulmonary coccidioidomycosis

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Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection by the Coccidioides genus and is usually caused by inhalation of the spores. Patients with diabetes are more likely to present with severe lung disease, especially cavitary lesions.1 2 We depict the case of a 47-year-old man with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus who presented with a right pulmonary lung abscess due to coccidioidomycosis and underwent a right thoracotomy with partial right upper lobe resection. Intraoperatively the pleura was found to be thickened, and the upper lobe had multiple adhesions and was perforated, creating a purulent bronchopleural fistula. He developed recurrent right-sided empyema due to the fistula and an attempt at a second thoracotomy was unsuccessful. After placement of three failed endobronchial valves, he ultimately had a tunnelled pleural catheter placed. Two weeks later the patient began draining frank pus from the site and a modified Eloesser flap...

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