Tension pneumocephalus from skull base surgery: A case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Tension pneumocephalus from skull base surgery is a rare occurrence that mandates urgent neurosurgical attention. CASE DESCRIPTION: We describe a case of tension pneumocephalus secondary to an endoscopic endonasal resection of an adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma and how it was successf...

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Autores principales: Yin, Charlotte, Chen, Bi Yi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Unique Case Observations: Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30105126
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_91_18
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description BACKGROUND: Tension pneumocephalus from skull base surgery is a rare occurrence that mandates urgent neurosurgical attention. CASE DESCRIPTION: We describe a case of tension pneumocephalus secondary to an endoscopic endonasal resection of an adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma and how it was successfully managed at our institution. CONCLUSION: Our experience reflects that definitive treatment of tension pneumocephalus is required with multilayered dural repair, but temporising measures should be used immediately to prevent neurological deterioration prior to the definitive repair.
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spelling pubmed-60441392018-08-13 Tension pneumocephalus from skull base surgery: A case report and review of the literature Yin, Charlotte Chen, Bi Yi Surg Neurol Int Unique Case Observations: Case Report BACKGROUND: Tension pneumocephalus from skull base surgery is a rare occurrence that mandates urgent neurosurgical attention. CASE DESCRIPTION: We describe a case of tension pneumocephalus secondary to an endoscopic endonasal resection of an adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma and how it was successfully managed at our institution. CONCLUSION: Our experience reflects that definitive treatment of tension pneumocephalus is required with multilayered dural repair, but temporising measures should be used immediately to prevent neurological deterioration prior to the definitive repair. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6044139/ /pubmed/30105126 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_91_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_fullStr Tension pneumocephalus from skull base surgery: A case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Tension pneumocephalus from skull base surgery: A case report and review of the literature
title_short Tension pneumocephalus from skull base surgery: A case report and review of the literature
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topic Unique Case Observations: Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044139/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_91_18
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