Open AccessPneumocephalus Secondary to Spontaneous Bronchial-Subarachnoid Fistula
Author(s) -
Swaid N. Swaid,
Thomas L. Windham,
Richard B. Morawetz
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198307000-00016
Subject(s) - medicine , myelography , pneumocephalus , subarachnoid space , fistula , basal cell , radiology , surgery , cerebrospinal fluid , complication , pathology , spinal cord , psychiatry
We describe a patient in whom pneumocephalus appeared spontaneously, resulting from a communication between the bronchial tree and the thoracic subarachnoid space in association with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. The communication was demonstrated by myelography and obliterated surgically. A review of the literature is included.