Pneumocephalus following Dorsal Laminectomy: An Unusual Complication

A 16-year-old male presented at Bangur Institute of Neurosciences Neurosurgery Outpatient Department with history of gradually progressive paraparesis for 5 months associated with stiffness, urinary hesitancy, and urge incontinence for last 2 months. Magnetic resonance imaging spine was done which s...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Brajesh, Banerjee, Chirantan, Ghosh, Samarendra Nath
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29114309
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.185059
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description A 16-year-old male presented at Bangur Institute of Neurosciences Neurosurgery Outpatient Department with history of gradually progressive paraparesis for 5 months associated with stiffness, urinary hesitancy, and urge incontinence for last 2 months. Magnetic resonance imaging spine was done which showed cystic intradural extramedullary space occupying lesion at D4/D5 to D9. Patient had 2 episodes of generalized tonic–clonic seizure on the day 4. Computed tomography scan showed pneumocephalus. Histopathological examination report was that of nonspecific inflammatory cyst.
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spelling pubmed-56521212017-11-07 Pneumocephalus following Dorsal Laminectomy: An Unusual Complication Kumar, Brajesh Banerjee, Chirantan Ghosh, Samarendra Nath Asian J Neurosurg Case Report A 16-year-old male presented at Bangur Institute of Neurosciences Neurosurgery Outpatient Department with history of gradually progressive paraparesis for 5 months associated with stiffness, urinary hesitancy, and urge incontinence for last 2 months. Magnetic resonance imaging spine was done which showed cystic intradural extramedullary space occupying lesion at D4/D5 to D9. Patient had 2 episodes of generalized tonic–clonic seizure on the day 4. Computed tomography scan showed pneumocephalus. Histopathological examination report was that of nonspecific inflammatory cyst. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5652121/ /pubmed/29114309 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.185059 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Asian Journal of Neurosurgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Pneumocephalus following Dorsal Laminectomy: An Unusual Complication
title_fullStr Pneumocephalus following Dorsal Laminectomy: An Unusual Complication
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title_short Pneumocephalus following Dorsal Laminectomy: An Unusual Complication
title_sort pneumocephalus following dorsal laminectomy: an unusual complication
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652121/
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