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Pneumocephalus associated with fracture of thoracic spine: case report

K. UEMURA, K. MEGURO & A. MATSUMURA Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, and Department of Neurosurgery, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Pages 253-256 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

A 53-year-old man presented with pneumocephalus following a thoracic vertebral fracture. Computed tomography (CT) myelography revealed a leakage of contrast medium from the thecal sac in the vicinity of the vertebral fracture and was used to confirm the origin of a subarachnoid-pleural fistula.

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