Paraparesis induced by inflammatory contents of a pneumonectomy cavity. Case report.
The authors report on a patient who developed acute-onset paraparesis after underoing a thoracotomy 40 years earlier for a carcinoid adenoma. No infectious or neoplastic origin could be found to explain the patient's current clinical course and radiographic findings. The postoperative events in this case are discussed, as well as the literature regarding postthoracotomy complications.
Heth
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Division of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242, USA.
Howard
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Rossi
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D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000601:surgery*; D004824:Epidural Space; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020335:Paraparesis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy