Paraparesis induced by inflammatory contents of a pneumonectomy cavity - Case report

Authors
Heth, JA Howard, MA Rossi, N
Citation
Ja. Heth et al., Paraparesis induced by inflammatory contents of a pneumonectomy cavity - Case report, J NEUROSURG, 93(6), 2000, pp. 1065-1068
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
ISSN journal
00223085 → ACNP
Volume
93
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1065 - 1068
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3085(200012)93:6<1065:PIBICO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The authors report on a patient who developed acute-onset paraparesis after underoing a thoracotomy 40 years earlier for a carcinoid adenoma. No infec tious or neoplastic origin could be found to explain the patient's current clinical course and radiographic findings. The postoperative events in this case are discussed, as well as the literature regarding postthoracotomy co mplications.