title: Pneumocephalus associated with fracture of thoracic spine: case report.
abstract: A 53-year-old man presented with pneumocephalus following a thoracic vertebral fracture. Computed tomography (CT) myelography revealed a leakage of contrast medium from the thecal sac in the vicinity of the vertebral fracture and was used to confirm the origin of a subarachnoid-pleural fistula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meguro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumura
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed