UNLABELLED Pneumocephalus is an uncommon but serious complication of spinal surgery and its management and pathophysiology is not widely recognized. The incidence of symptomatic tension pneumocephalus secondary to posterior spinal arthrodesis is unknown. CASE REPORT The case is reported of a rare case of a 41 year old woman with diagnosis of L3-L4, L4-L5 disc disease and left disc herniation ...

Introduction. Spontaneous nontraumatic pneumocephalus (PNC) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks are both very uncommon conditions. We report a rare case of spontaneous pneumocephalus associated with CSF leak secondary to right sphenoid sinus bony defect without history of trauma. Case Description. 51-year-old Hispanic female with past medical history of hypertension and idiopathic intracranial ...

Myelomeningocele is usually complicated with intracranial infections such as meningitis and ventriculitis. Spontaneous pneumocephalus should be kept in mind as a rare complication of open meningomyelocele. Any patient with open meningomyelocele should be carefully evaluated for pneumocephalus with a cranial USG. This information is useful prognostically as well as has therapeutic implications.

Spontaneous pneumocephalus following cerebrospinal fluid shunt is a rare complication. In most cases, the air enters in the intracranial cavity via a skull base defect. We report 2 cases of delayed tension pneumocephalus, secondary to ventriculoperitoneal shunt, and review the etiopathogenesis, prevention and treatment of this condition. © 2012 Sociedad Española de Neurocirugía. Published by El...

We report a rare case of intracerebral pneumocephalus. It was not accompanied by the typical craniofacial skull base fracture. A 77-year-old woman presented with pneumocephalus following a pedestrian traffic accident. Neurologic and physical examination revealed multiple extensive emphysemas, multiple rib fractures, and lung contusions, but no facial or skull bone fractures. Computed tomography...

Tension pneumocephalus is a rare complication of head trauma and neurosurgical procedures, amongst other causes. It is defined by the combination of intracranial air, increased intracranial pressure, and mass effect. Although it often presents soon after surgery, it can also rarely present in a delayed fashion. We present a case of delayed tension pneumocephalus, occurring approximately 16 week...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of prophylactic antibiotic for prevention of meningitis in acute traumatic pneumocephalus patients. METHODS In this prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial, 200 selected head injury patients with traumatic pneumocephalus are randomly assigned to receive intravenous antibiotics (2 grams Ceftriaxone twice a day), oral ant...

Pneumocephalus is a commonly encountered entity in patients of head trauma and post-op cases neurosurgery, however it rarely observed after spinal anaesthesia.
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OBJECTIVE We report an extremely rare case of pneumocephalus after cochlear implantation. METHOD Case report and a review of the world literature on pneumocephalus after cochlear implantation. RESULTS We present a case of uneventful cochlear implantation in a patient with nasal polyposis. Post-operative nose blowing resulted in subcutaneous emphysema pneumocephale presenting five weeks post...

Pneumocephalus can be seen after head injury with fracture of the skull-base or in cerebral neoplasm, infection, or after intracranial or spinal surgery. We report on a 69-year-old male patient with pneumocephalus after right-sided lobectomy and en bloc resection of the chest wall for non-small-cell lung cancer. Postoperatively, the patient showed a reduced vigilance level with no response to p...