Tension pneumocephalus causing brain herniation after endoscopic sinus surgery

Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) may rarely be complicated by intracranial complications; the most common of them is a cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Pneumocephalus as a complication of ESS is quite rare. Here, we presented a unique case of tension pneumocephalus causing brain herniation as a complicati...

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Autores principales: Çelikoğlu, Erhan, Hazneci, Jülide, Ramazanoğlu, Ali Fatih
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4849308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27366266
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.179646
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Sumario:Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) may rarely be complicated by intracranial complications; the most common of them is a cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Pneumocephalus as a complication of ESS is quite rare. Here, we presented a unique case of tension pneumocephalus causing brain herniation as a complication of ESS, to whom emergent craniotomy was performed.

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