Causes of pneumocephalus and when to be concerned about it

A Cunqueiro, MH Scheinfeld - Emergency Radiology, 2018 - Springer
Intracranial gas is commonly detected on neuroimaging. The recognition of this finding can
at first blush be unsettling. Being able to localize this gas to a specific compartment …

Tension pneumoventricle secondary to cutaneous-ventricular fistula: Case report and literature review

AO Almubarak, F Fakhroo, MR Alhuthayl, I Kanaan… - World Neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Tension pneumoventricle (TPV) is a subtype of tension pneumocephalus in
which the air is trapped inside the ventricles through a one-way osteodural defect, causing …

[HTML][HTML] Tension pneumoventricle in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt and an ethmoidal meningoencephalocele

O De Jesus, RJ Fernández-de Thomas… - Surgical Neurology …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Tension pneumoventricle is a rare, life-threatening complication. It has been
rarely described in patients with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts. Case Description: A 28 …

[HTML][HTML] Extensive tension pneumocephalus presented in the setting of a challenging etiology

HR Salih, H Jaafer, M Ismail, AK Khallaf… - Surgical Neurology …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Pneumocephalus (PNC) is a well-described consequence in postoperative
settings and skull fractures that is usually self-limiting. It can get complicated into tension …

Tension pneumoventricle following transsphenoidal surgery

N Pendleton, AR Persad, K Meguro - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
A 30-year-old male underwent transsphenoidal surgery for resection of a
craniopharyngioma. The post-operative result was good (Figure 1). He developed a cerebral …

Untreated tension pneumoventricle leading to progressive encephalomalacia: a rare case report with review of literature

AP Patankar, S Chaudhary - British Journal of Neurosurgery, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Tension pneumoventricle is a rare but potentially life threatening condition affecting the
central nervous system. The majority of the reported cases are iatrogenic, seen after surgery …

Flapping scalp sign as a rare and interesting presentation in delayed postoperative tension pneumocephalus

S Munakomi, B Bhattarai, SB Sah - JAMA neurology, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
A35-year-oldmanpresentedtoourneurosurgeryclinicwi…-plaint of a progressive headache
associated with the abnormal movementofhisscalpatapreviouslyoperated …

Quadriparesis Due to Delayed Tension Pneumoventricle

BV Maramattom - The Neurologist, 2022 - journals.lww.com
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[引用][C] An unusual cause of tension pneumoventricle

YH Lai, PH Lai - Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018 - jem-journal.com
Discussion Prolactinomas, the most common type of hormone-secreting pituitary tumors, are
often treated with dopamine agonists. Prolactinomas have a high response rate to this …