Pneumocephalus secondary to cerebrospinal fluid leak associated with a lumbar pressure ulcer in a man with paraplegia

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 262-269

  Eltorai, Ibrahim M ^b   Montroy, Robert E ^a,b   Kaplan, Susan L ^b   Ho, Wun Hong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Pneumocephalus; Pressure ulcer; Spinal cord injuries; Subarachnoid pleural fistula

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; RATING SCALE; SPINE INJURY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 0042336048     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2003.11753695     Document Type: Article

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