title: Persistent pleural effusion and post-traumatic subarachnoidal-pleural fistula.
abstract: Post-traumatic subarachnoidal-pleural fistulae are rare. We have found 22 cases in the literature. A patient who was successfully treated by thoracotomy 1 1/2 years after blunt thoracic trauma is presented. Myelography is the diagnostic test of choice and surgical closure is necessary in most cases.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Service, 12 Octubre Hospital School of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Jimenez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loinaz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toledo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013346:Subarachnoid Space; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*