Iatrogenic fistula after lumbar disc surgery

Background: A 54-year-old patient presented with dyspnea, palpitation, a swollen, dysfunctional edematous left leg and discomfort. Medical history revealed chronic, a-specific leftsided thoracic pain, corticosteroid use because of Morbus Sjogren and a recent surgical lumbar hernia repair. Retrospect...

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Main Authors: F Van Hoorn, A M Spijkerboer, J A Reekers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2011-03-01
Series:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
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Online Access:https://www.jbsr.be/articles/556
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spelling doaj-663c998e3bbe4589b65190be36ac4db62020-11-24T22:04:56ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812011-03-0194314614710.5334/jbr-btr.556556Iatrogenic fistula after lumbar disc surgeryF Van HoornA M SpijkerboerJ A ReekersBackground: A 54-year-old patient presented with dyspnea, palpitation, a swollen, dysfunctional edematous left leg and discomfort. Medical history revealed chronic, a-specific leftsided thoracic pain, corticosteroid use because of Morbus Sjogren and a recent surgical lumbar hernia repair. Retrospectively, follow-up conventional imaging showed a progressive right-sided cardiac enlargement, left pleural effusion and a prominent superior mediastinum.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/556Arteriovenous malformations
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author F Van Hoorn
A M Spijkerboer
J A Reekers
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A M Spijkerboer
J A Reekers
Iatrogenic fistula after lumbar disc surgery
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Arteriovenous malformations
author_facet F Van Hoorn
A M Spijkerboer
J A Reekers
author_sort F Van Hoorn
title Iatrogenic fistula after lumbar disc surgery
title_short Iatrogenic fistula after lumbar disc surgery
title_full Iatrogenic fistula after lumbar disc surgery
title_fullStr Iatrogenic fistula after lumbar disc surgery
title_full_unstemmed Iatrogenic fistula after lumbar disc surgery
title_sort iatrogenic fistula after lumbar disc surgery
publisher Ubiquity Press
series Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
issn 2514-8281
publishDate 2011-03-01
description Background: A 54-year-old patient presented with dyspnea, palpitation, a swollen, dysfunctional edematous left leg and discomfort. Medical history revealed chronic, a-specific leftsided thoracic pain, corticosteroid use because of Morbus Sjogren and a recent surgical lumbar hernia repair. Retrospectively, follow-up conventional imaging showed a progressive right-sided cardiac enlargement, left pleural effusion and a prominent superior mediastinum.
topic Arteriovenous malformations
url https://www.jbsr.be/articles/556
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