Review Article

Subarachnoid-Pleural Fistula: Applied Anatomy of the Thoracic Spinal Nerve Root

Figure 1

Axial contrast-enhanced CT of a 17-year-old girl demonstrates a heterogeneous soft tissue mass in the right hemithorax (arrows) that abuts the costal and vertebral pleura, with no frank evidence of bony invasion. A small right pleural effusion is also present. There is no visible tumor invasion into the spinal canal. Biopsy of the lesion confirmed metastatic Wilm’s tumor.
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