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Review
. 1991;5(10):554-6.
doi: 10.1016/1010-7940(91)90112-w.

Persistent pleural effusion and post-traumatic subarachnoidal-pleural fistula

M F Jimenez  1 , R Roca, C Alvarez, C Loinaz, J Toledo
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Review

Persistent pleural effusion and post-traumatic subarachnoidal-pleural fistula

M F Jimenez et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1991.

Abstract

Post-traumatic subarachnoidal-pleural fistulae are rare. We have found 22 cases in the literature. A patient who was successfully treated by thoracotomy 1 1/2 years after blunt thoracic trauma is presented. Myelography is the diagnostic test of choice and surgical closure is necessary in most cases.

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