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Incidence and Management of Pneumocephalus, an Uncommon Complication of Spinal Anesthesia: A Case Report. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT The presence of air in the epidural, subdural, or subcranial space within the brain parenchyma or ventricular cavities is a relatively uncommon side effect of spinal anesthesia. In this report, we aimed to describe a 37‐year‐old male patient who presented with continuous headaches, nausea, and vomiting during spinal anesthesia for joint ...
Saeidi M, Ahmadpour S, Afshani MA, Razavinia FS, Aminnejad R.   +4 more
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Pneumocephalus induced isolated oculomotor palsy :Case report and literature review

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2020
Background: Defined as the presence of air or gas in the cranial cavity, pneumocephalus is attributable to multiple etiologies, including trauma, infection, and neurosurgical procedures.
Abdulellah Alturkistani, Khalid Altuhayni, Abdulelah A. Alluhaybi, Fahad E. Alotaibi   +3 more
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Transnasal Endoscopic Treatment of Tension Pneumocephalus Caused by Posttraumatic or Iatrogenic Ethmoidal Damage

Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2023
Background. Tension pneumocephalus is a neurosurgical emergency caused by progressive accumulation of air in the intracranial spaces mediated by a valve mechanism.
Goran Latif Omer, Riccardo Maurizi, Beatrice Francavilla, Kareem Rekawt Hama Rashid, Gianluca Velletrani, Hasan Mustafa Salah, Giulia Marzocchella, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen Gubari, Stefano Di Girolamo   +8 more
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Effects of the Location of Dural Tear and Repair in the Development of Pneumocephalus after Spinal Surgery

Haseki Tıp Bülteni, 2019
Aim:To investigate the incidence of pneumocephalus related to location of iatrogenic dural defects and the role of dural defect repair in the development of pneumocephalus.Methods:In this prospective study, 18 patients, who underwent surgery for spinal ...
Ahmet Öğrenci
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Pneumocephalus Associated with Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula as a Complication of Spinal Surgery: A Case Report

Case Reports in Medicine, 2010
Pneumocephalus is a well-known condition following head trauma, but is rare as an injury or as a result of surgery of the spine. We present a 76-year-old patient with a rare case of pneumocephalus associated with a cerebrospinal fluid fistula as a ...
Ken Sasaki, Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Mizuno, Shinichi Ikuta, Toshihiro Akisue, Hiroyuki Fujioka, Minoru Doita, Masahiro Kurosaka, Ryosuke Kuroda   +8 more
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Otogenic Pneumocephalus After Tegmen Bone Reconstruction: A Case Report

Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 2022
Pneumocephalus is usually induced by trauma, infections, tumors of the skull base, and surgical interventions. Spontaneous pneumocephalus occurs due to a defect in the temporal bone with no obvious cause.
Tawfiq Khurayzi MD, Bayan Jan MD, Reenad Bedaiwi MD, Abdulrazag Ajlan MD, Sherif Elwatidy MD, Salman Alhabib MD, Abdurrhaman Alsanosi MD   +6 more
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Iatrogenic pneumocephalus following a cervical epidural steroid injection: A case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Pneumocephalus is a condition defined by air present in the intracranial space. There are several causes of pneumocephalus, however this is a case of a patient who developed pneumocephalus following a cervical epidural steroid injection.
Derrick L. Barr, BS, Bradley S. McDonald, BS   +1 more
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Tension pneumocephalus mimicking septic shock: a case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2018
Tension pneumocephalus can lead to rapid neurologic deterioration. We report for the first time its association with aseptic systemic inflammatory response syndrome mimicking septic shock and the efficacy of prompt neurosurgical intervention and critical
Caroline Miranda, MD, Ali Mahta, MD, Lee Adam Wheeler, MD, PhD, A. John Tsiouris, MD, Hooman Kamel, MD   +4 more
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Post-dural puncture headache combined with pneumocephalus secondary to vaginal delivery following epidural anesthesia: a case report

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Pneumocephalus is rare in vaginal deliveries. Pneumocephalus may be asymptomatic or present with signs of increased intracranial pressure.
Xiaoyu Wu, Xiangqi Cao, Mengyuan Zhang, Qingfan Wang, Jiaxin Han, Xinyue Sun, Kang Huo, Suhang Shang, Guogang Luo   +8 more
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Pneumocephalus as a complication after bilateral chronic subdural hematoma evacuation.

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017
Pneumocephalus (PNC) is described as a presence of air in the cranial cavity. Trauma is the most common cause, other etiologies such as iatrogenic. There are  two main  types of pneumocephalus: simple and tension.
Jakub Litak, Agnieszka Budny, Joanna Litak, Wojciech Czyżewski, Cezary Grochowski   +4 more
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