Pneumocephalus Associated with Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula as a Complication of Spinal Surgery: A Case Report

Autor:	Toshiyuki Mizuno, Ryosuke Kuroda, Masahiro Kurosaka, Ken Sasaki, Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Minoru Doita, Toshihiro Akisue, Hiroyuki Fujioka, Shinichi Ikuta
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Radiography lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine Case Report General Medicine medicine.disease Spinal surgery Head trauma Surgery Myelopathy Pneumocephalus Convulsion Cerebrospinal fluid fistula medicine medicine.symptom business Complication
Zdroj:	Case Reports in Medicine Case Reports in Medicine, Vol 2010 (2010)
ISSN:	1687-9635 1687-9627
Popis:	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 complication of surgical treatment for cervical myelopathy. Although cerebrospinal fluid leakage was noted and the injured dura was carefully sutured at operation, tension pneumocephalus occurred. The resultant pneumocephalus was diagnosed based on neurogenic symptoms including sudden convulsion, head radiograph, and computed tomography scan. The benign course of the pneumocephalus postdiagnosis did not require secondary operation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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