Pneumocephalus With Stroke-Like Symptoms: A Rare Complication of Mastoiditis

Pneumocephalus is defined as the presence of gas or air in the intracranial space and typically arises as a result of neurotrauma. Clinically, pneumocephalus most often presents asymptomatically but may cause headache, nausea, vomiting, and confusion. Pneumocephalus arising from mastoiditis is an un...

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Autores principales: Oomrigar, Shivaan C, Patel, Raina K, Mas, Robert P, Fernandez, Jose C, Zapata, Daniel I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10337702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37448401
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40307
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author Oomrigar, Shivaan C
Patel, Raina K
Mas, Robert P
Fernandez, Jose C
Zapata, Daniel I
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Mas, Robert P
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description Pneumocephalus is defined as the presence of gas or air in the intracranial space and typically arises as a result of neurotrauma. Clinically, pneumocephalus most often presents asymptomatically but may cause headache, nausea, vomiting, and confusion. Pneumocephalus arising from mastoiditis is an unforeseen complication with only a handful of cases reported. We report a case of an elderly male who presented with stroke-like symptoms in the setting of erosive mastoiditis with pneumocephalus.
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spelling pubmed-103377022023-07-13 Pneumocephalus With Stroke-Like Symptoms: A Rare Complication of Mastoiditis Oomrigar, Shivaan C Patel, Raina K Mas, Robert P Fernandez, Jose C Zapata, Daniel I Cureus Internal Medicine Pneumocephalus is defined as the presence of gas or air in the intracranial space and typically arises as a result of neurotrauma. Clinically, pneumocephalus most often presents asymptomatically but may cause headache, nausea, vomiting, and confusion. Pneumocephalus arising from mastoiditis is an unforeseen complication with only a handful of cases reported. We report a case of an elderly male who presented with stroke-like symptoms in the setting of erosive mastoiditis with pneumocephalus. Cureus 2023-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10337702/ /pubmed/37448401 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40307 Text en Copyright © 2023, Oomrigar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Oomrigar, Shivaan C
Patel, Raina K
Mas, Robert P
Fernandez, Jose C
Zapata, Daniel I
Pneumocephalus With Stroke-Like Symptoms: A Rare Complication of Mastoiditis
title Pneumocephalus With Stroke-Like Symptoms: A Rare Complication of Mastoiditis
title_full Pneumocephalus With Stroke-Like Symptoms: A Rare Complication of Mastoiditis
title_fullStr Pneumocephalus With Stroke-Like Symptoms: A Rare Complication of Mastoiditis
title_full_unstemmed Pneumocephalus With Stroke-Like Symptoms: A Rare Complication of Mastoiditis
title_short Pneumocephalus With Stroke-Like Symptoms: A Rare Complication of Mastoiditis
title_sort pneumocephalus with stroke-like symptoms: a rare complication of mastoiditis
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10337702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37448401
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40307
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