Detection of Bronchopleuraiâ€"Subarachnoid Fistula by Radionuclide Myeiography: Case Report

Radionuclide myeloscintigraphy has previously been used to demonstrate subarachnoid ftstulae. In the present case a patient with bronchogenic carcinoma developed spontaneous pneumocephalus postoperatively. Chest radiographs showed an air-fluid level in the postoperative area. Various diagnostic tests were used, but only a radionuclide myeloscintigram showed the presence of a bronchopleural-subarachnoid /istula. JNuciMed 18:981—983, 1977

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