Subarachnoid-Pleural Fistula Complicating Thoracotomy: Case Report and Review of the Literature

1 May 1987

journal article
case report
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery

Vol. 20 (5) , 802-805
https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198705000-00024

Abstract

We describe a patient who developed a persistent pleural effusion due to a subarachnoid-pleural fistula after operation for lung carcinoma and then review the literature on iatrogenic subarachnoid-pleural fistulas.

Keywords

FISTULAS
PLEURAL FISTULA
FISTULA COMPLICATING
LUNG CARCINOMA
COMPLICATING THORACOTOMY
EFFUSION DUE
PERSISTENT PLEURAL
PLEURAL EFFUSION
IATROGENIC SUBARACHNOID

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