Cerebrospinal fluid fistula from fractured acrylic cranioplasty plate. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1976 Aug;45(2):227-8. doi: 10.3171/jns.1976.45.2.0227.

Abstract

The authors report a patient who developed a cerebrospinal fluid fistula secondary to a fractured methyl methacrylate cranioplasty plate. There was no external evidence of trauma. X-ray films showed no evidence of the fracture. It is suggested that the impregnation of methyl methacrylate with a radiopaque material would result in visualization of such fractures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acrylates*
  • Adult
  • Bone Plates / adverse effects*
  • Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Diseases / etiology*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid*
  • Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Fistula / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methacrylates*
  • Postoperative Complications* / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Skull / surgery*

Substances

  • Acrylates
  • Methacrylates