British journal of neurosurgery
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Review Case Reports
Pneumocephalus associated with fracture of thoracic spine: case report.
A 53-year-old man presented with pneumocephalus following a thoracic vertebral fracture. Computed tomography (CT) myelography revealed a leakage of contrast medium from the thecal sac in the vicinity of the vertebral fracture and was used to confirm the origin of a subarachnoid-pleural fistula.