Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 537-538 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2 2018 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Medicine
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