Pneumocephalus and cerebrospinal fluid fistula following removal of a superior sulcus tumor (Pancoast tumor);Neumoencéfalo y fístula de líquido cefalorraquídeo tras resección de tumor del sulcus superior (tumor de Pancoast)

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 422-425

  De Olaiz Navarro, B ^a,b   Leon Atance P ^a   Alix Trueba, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Pancoast tumor; Pneumocephalus; Postoperative complications; Subarachnoid pleural fistula

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRIN GLUE; GELFOAM; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PANCOAST TUMOR; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 4744339798     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13065178     Document Type: Article

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