Posterior cranial fossa depressed fracture
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© 2014 Asian Journal of Neurosurgery | Published by Wolters Kluwer ‐ Medknow small and crowded space and any lesion reducing the volume can elevate the intra-cavitary pressure leading to fourth ventricular compression and hydrocephalus, a mechanism may be responsible for brain stem dysfunction in cases of closed depressed fracture of the posterior fossa. As seen in the present case, early surgical intervention for closed fracture in the posterior fossa with significant depression, particularly when the patient is in altered sensorium with low Glasgow coma scale, is associated with good outcome.
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