Late-Onset Pulmonary Fistula after Resection of Pulmonary Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer Following Perioperative Chemotherapy with Bevacizumab

Abstract

Chemotherapy with bevacizumab followed by surgery is now a viable treatment option for pulmonary metastasis from colorectal cancer (CRC). We herein report two cases of late-onset pulmonary fistula after resection of pulmonary metastasis from CRC following perioperative chemotherapy with bevacizumab. One patient suffered from a late-onset pulmonary fistula that occurred 3 months after pulmonary resection, which was treated with chest drainage and pleurodesis. The other patient suffered from a pulmonary fistula after three cycles of chemotherapy with bevacizumab after pulmonary resection, and underwent surgery to treat the fistula.