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CC BY 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1787079
Case Report

Salvage Glue Embolization of Iatrogenic Alveolar-Pleural Fistula Following Lung Ablation

Yan-Lin Li 
1   Department of Interventional Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
,
Emma Preston
1   Department of Interventional Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
,
Paul C. Lyon
1   Department of Interventional Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
,
Ewan M. Anderson
1   Department of Interventional Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Abstract

A 76-year-old smoker was referred to the interventional radiology team for thermal ablation of a solitary colorectal pulmonary metastasis. He underwent percutaneous microwave ablation that was complicated with extensive surgical emphysema due to an alveolar-pleural fistula. Percutaneous computed tomography (CT) guided glue embolization was performed resulting in fistula occlusion and resolution of surgical emphysema.

Keywords

interventional oncology - lung ablation - alveolar-pleural fistula


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Article published online:
27 June 2024

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