Pneumocephalus and Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula Following Removal of a Superior Sulcus Tumor (Pancoast Tumor)

Autor:	B. de Olaiz Navarro, P. León Atance, A. Alix Trueba
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Fistula Postoperative complication Aseptic meningitis General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Radiation therapy Pancoast tumor Pneumocephalus medicine Thoracotomy Complication business
Zdroj:	Archivos de Bronconeumología ((English Edition)). 40:422-425
ISSN:	1579-2129
DOI:	10.1016/s1579-2129(06)60347-9
Popis:	Pneumocephalus resulting from a subarachnoid-pleural fistula following resection of a pulmonary neoplasm is a very rare postoperative complication: we have found only 17 cases in the literature. We report the case of a 65-year-old man diagnosed with a superior sulcus tumor who underwent a left upper lobectomy and costal resection following neoadjuvant radiation therapy. Soon after surgery, the patient developed a subarachnoid-pleural fistula and pneumocephalus that required reoperation and drainage. Recurrence was suspected when chronic aseptic meningitis developed. Another thoracotomy was required to resolve the complication.
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