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Clin Orthop Relat Res
; (264): 184-8, 1991 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1997234
RESUMO
A seven-year-old girl sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and spine. Evaluation of a persistent pleural effusion demonstrated a subarachnoid-pleural fistula. Surgical closure of the dural defect resulted in resolution of the fistula. Traumatic subarachnoid-pleural fistulae are rare. The diagnosis is reached by an awareness of fistula formation from penetrating or blunt trauma to the chest.