“Head to Head”: pneumocephalus as a complication of soccer

BACKGROUND: Pneumocephalus is uncommon in craniofacial trauma and a rare occurrence in non-contact sports. It may be asymptomatic or present with signs of increased intracranial pressure and the majority of cases will resolve with conservative management. However, there should be a high index of cli...

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Autores principales: Francis, Eamon C, Quinn, Eimhear, Ryan, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2013
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Brief Research Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24355093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-6-46
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description BACKGROUND: Pneumocephalus is uncommon in craniofacial trauma and a rare occurrence in non-contact sports. It may be asymptomatic or present with signs of increased intracranial pressure and the majority of cases will resolve with conservative management. However, there should be a high index of clinical suspicion to recognise, diagnose, and manage it appropriately, as complications may be fatal. FINDINGS: To our knowledge, this is the first case report of pneumocephalus secondary to a “minor” head injury during a soccer match. CONCLUSION: We outline the management of this condition and highlight signs that should generate a high index of suspicion.
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spelling pubmed-38988072014-01-24 “Head to Head”: pneumocephalus as a complication of soccer Francis, Eamon C Quinn, Eimhear Ryan, John Int J Emerg Med Brief Research Report BACKGROUND: Pneumocephalus is uncommon in craniofacial trauma and a rare occurrence in non-contact sports. It may be asymptomatic or present with signs of increased intracranial pressure and the majority of cases will resolve with conservative management. However, there should be a high index of clinical suspicion to recognise, diagnose, and manage it appropriately, as complications may be fatal. FINDINGS: To our knowledge, this is the first case report of pneumocephalus secondary to a “minor” head injury during a soccer match. CONCLUSION: We outline the management of this condition and highlight signs that should generate a high index of suspicion. Springer 2013-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3898807/ /pubmed/24355093 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-6-46 Text en Copyright © 2013 Francis et al.; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898807/
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