Jimenez M F, Roca R, Alvarez C, Loinaz C, Toledo J
Thoracic Surgery Service, 12 Octubre Hospital School of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1991;5(10):554-6. doi: 10.1016/1010-7940(91)90112-w.
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.