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Tension pneumocephalus: a neurosurgical emergency.
A 41 years old male, known case of valvular heart disease on anticoagulants was operated for chronic subdural hematoma 4 days back at another facility (Fig. 1). Despite hematoma evacuation patient did not show the expected neurological recovery, rather his clinical condition had deterioration. At the time of admission patient was drowsy with Glasgow coma score of E2V2M3 and had pupillary asymme...
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Background: Pneumocephalus is an injury that characterized by air entrance into the intracranial space. It may occur after head trauma, infection, tumor or it may be iatrogenic. According to the amount of air increases, this can cause neurological findings with a mass effect and this condition is called tension pneumocephalus. Case report: In this study present a case of a 63 year old man prese...
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Intracerebral tension pneumocephalus is a rare disorder. Only five cases of them have been reported since 1985. We report two cases of intracerebral tension pneumocephalus with traumatic rhinorrhea. In the first case, intracerebral tension pneumocephalus was induced by lumbar puncture performed two months after trauma. In the second case, intracerebral tension pneumocephalus was observed on com...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0194-5998,1097-6817
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.06.811