Monday, December 23, 2013

Cerebrospinal fluid leak masquerading as a decubitus ulcer in a patient with spina bifida.

Taylor EM, Klinge PM, Sullivan SR, Taylor HO. (2013) Cerebrospinal fluid leak masquerading as a decubitus ulcer in a patient with spina bifida. Eplasty. 2013 Nov 11;13:ic62.

A 38-year-old man with a history of spina bifida and T12 paraplegia presented with a nonhealing sacral wound that developed from a site adjacent to his myelomeningocele repair scar. Clear fluid drained from this pinpoint opening intermittently for years and was determined to be cerebrospinal fluid during a repeat debridement.

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