Persistent pleural effusion and post-traumatic subarachnoidal-pleural fistula.
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.
Jimenez
M F
MF
Thoracic Surgery Service, 12 Octubre Hospital School of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
Roca
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R
Alvarez
C
C
Loinaz
C
C
Toledo
J
J
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*