title: Traumatic subarachnoid-pleural fistula in a child. A case report.
abstract: A seven-year-old girl sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and spine. Evaluation of a persistent pleural effusion demonstrated a subarachnoid-pleural fistula. Surgical closure of the dural defect resulted in resolution of the fistula. Traumatic subarachnoid-pleural fistulae are rare. The diagnosis is reached by an awareness of fistula formation from penetrating or blunt trauma to the chest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Salerni
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Kuivila
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Drvaric
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Deutsch
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Knuckey
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013346:Subarachnoid Space; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*