title: Cerebrospinal fluid fistula from fractured acrylic cranioplasty plate. Case report.
abstract: The authors report a patient who developed a cerebrospinal fluid fistula secondary to a fractured methyl methacrylate cranioplasty plate. There was no external evidence of trauma. X-ray films showed no evidence of the fracture. It is suggested that the impregnation of methyl methacrylate with a radiopaque material would result in visualization of such fractures.
mesh_terms: D000179:Acrylates; D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008689:Methacrylates; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000179:Acrylates; D008689:Methacrylates