Citation

Godley CD, McCabe CJ, Warren RL, Rosenberg WS. J. Trauma 1995; 38(5): 808-811.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7760414

Abstract

Traumatic subarachnoid-pleural fistula was recently diagnosed in an 18-year-old male after a gunshot wound in the chest and spinal column. The diagnosis was suggested by persistent pleural drainage and headache in the setting of signs of spinal injury at the thoracic level. Computed tomographic myelography delineated the dural injury. The fistulous connection was defined and repaired at operation. This paper describes the diagnostic and therapeutic features encountered in the management of this rare disorder.

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