TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolated intraparenchymal tension pneumocephalus
AU - Soin, Priti
AU - Sharma, Pranav
AU - Goyal, Pradeep
AU - Kochar, Puneet Singh
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PY - 2018/10/2
Y1 - 2018/10/2
N2 - Pneumocephalus after trauma is not uncommon but rarely develops into tension pneumocephalus. Delayed-onset spontaneous tension pneumocephalus is rare, and delayed-onset isolated intraparenchymal/intracerebral tension pneumocephalus is even more so. We describe a 35-year-old man who presented with urinary incontinence, left eye vision loss, and nasal discharge/cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea 2 months after recovering from bifrontal hemorrhagic contusions following a road traffic accident. Intraparenchymal/intracerebral tension pneumocephalus was diagnosed with computed tomography and the patient was taken for an urgent decompressive surgery along with repair of the skull base defect.
AB - Pneumocephalus after trauma is not uncommon but rarely develops into tension pneumocephalus. Delayed-onset spontaneous tension pneumocephalus is rare, and delayed-onset isolated intraparenchymal/intracerebral tension pneumocephalus is even more so. We describe a 35-year-old man who presented with urinary incontinence, left eye vision loss, and nasal discharge/cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea 2 months after recovering from bifrontal hemorrhagic contusions following a road traffic accident. Intraparenchymal/intracerebral tension pneumocephalus was diagnosed with computed tomography and the patient was taken for an urgent decompressive surgery along with repair of the skull base defect.
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U2 - 10.1080/08998280.2018.1498680
DO - 10.1080/08998280.2018.1498680
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053708630
SN - 0899-8280
VL - 31
SP - 537
EP - 538
JO - Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
JF - Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
IS - 4
ER -