These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Rapidly filling pleural effusion due to a subarachnoid-pleural fistula.
    Author: Singhi P, Nayak US, Ghai S, Kumar L, Reddy KS, Suri RK.
    Journal: Clin Pediatr (Phila); 1987 Aug; 26(8):416-8. PubMed ID: 3595050.
    Abstract:
    Only five cases of subarachnoid-pleural fistula in children have been reported previously. All had a history of trauma and associated neurologic deficit which gave clue to the diagnosis. The authors present a child who presented with a massive, rapidly filling, clear pleural effusion in whom there was no neurologic deficit. The history of an automobile accident in the past had almost been forgotten. A subarachnoid-pleural fistula was discovered on exploratory thoracotomy. The entity should be thought of, and actively investigated, in a child with a history of trauma and a pleural effusion of obscure etiology, even if there is no associated neurologic deficit.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]