An unusual cause of acute headache: subarachnoid free air secondary to spontaneous bronchopleurodurosubarachnoid fistula from a Pancoast tumor

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• 作者：Dmitriy N. Kazimirko ; MD ; ^{dkazimirko@umc.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Ellen E. Parker ; MD ; David A. Joyner ; MD ; Teddi H. Berry ; MD ; Charlotte S. Taylor ; MD ; Todd A. Nichols ; MD ; Majid A. Khan ; MD
• 关键词：Bronchopleurodurosubarachnoid fistula ; Pneumocephalus ; Pneumorrhachis
• 刊名：Radiology Case Reports
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：11
• 期：3
• 页码：238-241
• 全文大小：882 K

文摘

Pneumocephalus and pneumorrhachis are related to transgression of the barriers to the central nervous system. We present a patient with a Pancoast tumor treated with palliative chemoradiation who developed symptomatic spinal and intracranial air caused by spontaneous bronchopleurodurosubarachnoid fistula secondary to direct tumor invasion into the thecal sac.