Pneumocephalus and Pneumorrhachis due to a Subarachnoid Pleural Fistula That Developed after Thoracic Spine Surgery

Development of a communication between the spinal subarachnoid space and the pleural space after thoracic spine surgery is uncommon. Subarachnoid pleural fistula (SAPF), a distressing condition, involves cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Here we report an unusual case of SAPF, occurring after thoracic sp...

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Autores principales: Lee, Gun-Sang, Lee, Myung-Ki, Kim, Woo-Jae, Kim, Ho-Sang, Kim, Jeong-Ho, Kim, Yun-Suk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5086471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27799999
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2016.13.3.164
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author Lee, Gun-Sang
Lee, Myung-Ki
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Kim, Ho-Sang
Kim, Jeong-Ho
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description Development of a communication between the spinal subarachnoid space and the pleural space after thoracic spine surgery is uncommon. Subarachnoid pleural fistula (SAPF), a distressing condition, involves cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Here we report an unusual case of SAPF, occurring after thoracic spine surgery, that was further complicated by pneumocephalus and pneumorrhachis postthoracentesis, which was performed for unilateral pleural effusion.
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spelling pubmed-50864712016-10-31 Pneumocephalus and Pneumorrhachis due to a Subarachnoid Pleural Fistula That Developed after Thoracic Spine Surgery Lee, Gun-Sang Lee, Myung-Ki Kim, Woo-Jae Kim, Ho-Sang Kim, Jeong-Ho Kim, Yun-Suk Korean J Spine Case Report Development of a communication between the spinal subarachnoid space and the pleural space after thoracic spine surgery is uncommon. Subarachnoid pleural fistula (SAPF), a distressing condition, involves cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Here we report an unusual case of SAPF, occurring after thoracic spine surgery, that was further complicated by pneumocephalus and pneumorrhachis postthoracentesis, which was performed for unilateral pleural effusion. The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2016-09 2016-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5086471/ /pubmed/27799999 http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2016.13.3.164 Text en Copyright © 2016 The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lee, Gun-Sang
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Kim, Ho-Sang
Kim, Jeong-Ho
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Pneumocephalus and Pneumorrhachis due to a Subarachnoid Pleural Fistula That Developed after Thoracic Spine Surgery
title Pneumocephalus and Pneumorrhachis due to a Subarachnoid Pleural Fistula That Developed after Thoracic Spine Surgery
title_full Pneumocephalus and Pneumorrhachis due to a Subarachnoid Pleural Fistula That Developed after Thoracic Spine Surgery
title_fullStr Pneumocephalus and Pneumorrhachis due to a Subarachnoid Pleural Fistula That Developed after Thoracic Spine Surgery
title_full_unstemmed Pneumocephalus and Pneumorrhachis due to a Subarachnoid Pleural Fistula That Developed after Thoracic Spine Surgery
title_short Pneumocephalus and Pneumorrhachis due to a Subarachnoid Pleural Fistula That Developed after Thoracic Spine Surgery
title_sort pneumocephalus and pneumorrhachis due to a subarachnoid pleural fistula that developed after thoracic spine surgery
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5086471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27799999
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2016.13.3.164
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