Extensive and symptomatic cranial pneumatization: caused by frequent performance of Valsalva's manoeuvre?
| Autor: | Per Bjerre, Karsten Jørgensen, Johnny K. Christensen, Mette Nyrop |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Eustachian tube Valsalva Maneuver medicine.medical_treatment Pneumocephalus medicine Valsalva maneuver Humans Pathological Neck pain business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Skull medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Etiology Middle ear medicine.symptom business Tomography X-Ray Computed Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of laryngology and otology. 113(5) |
| ISSN: | 0022-2151 |
| Popis: | Pneumocranium and spontaneous pneumocephalus are very rare disorders. We report a case in which the patient had suffered for some time from neck pain and neurological symptoms which originated from an extensively pneumatized cranium. The symptoms and the abnormal bone pneumatization disappeared after normalization of a high middle-ear pressure. The history and the findings suggest that the pathological pneumatization was caused by the patient's habit of frequently performing Valsalva's manoeuvre, in combination with the Eustachian tube functioning as a valve. |
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