Delayed Bronchopleural Fistula Formation Following Salvage Surgery of Stage IV Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Lauren Barter, Stephanie Snow, Aneil Mujoomdar, Lara Best, Daniel French

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lauren BarterFaculty of Medicine, Carleton Campus, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Ave., Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.

Stephanie SnowFaculty of Medicine, Carleton Campus, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Ave., Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3847-0289

Aneil MujoomdarFaculty of Medicine, Carleton Campus, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Ave., Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.

Lara BestFaculty of Medicine, Carleton Campus, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Ave., Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4480-7781

Daniel FrenchFaculty of Medicine, Carleton Campus, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Ave., Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.

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Abstract

This case report highlights the management of a delayed bronchopleural fistula (BPF) following salvage pulmonary resection to achieve local control and no radiographic evidence of disease in a patient treated with serial tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for stage IV anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The initial pulmonary resection was complicated by dense adhesions and an abnormally torturous pulmonary artery. Six weeks after the index surgery, the patient presented with a delayed BPF requiring decortication, repair of airway, and coverage of the bronchial stump with a serratus anterior muscle flap.

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Bronchial FistulaCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungLung NeoplasmsPleural DiseasesSalvage TherapyAnaplastic Lymphoma KinaseHumansNeoplasm StagingALK protein, humanAnaplastic Lymphoma KinaseALK targeted therapybronchopleural fistulalung cancersalvage surgeryserratus muscle flap

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PMID40422509

DOI10.3390/curroncol32050250

PMCPMC12110444

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