Tension pneumocephalus: the neurosurgical emergency equivalent of tension pneumothorax

Tension pneumocephalus (TP) is the intracranial equivalent of tension pneumothorax. It is an unusual but life-threatening neurosurgical emergency, which has been described following head trauma, epidural injections or complicating neurological, spinal, craniofacial or sinus surgery. Unfortunately, t...

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Autores principales: Harvey, John Julian, Harvey, Simon Christopher, Belli, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150127
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description Tension pneumocephalus (TP) is the intracranial equivalent of tension pneumothorax. It is an unusual but life-threatening neurosurgical emergency, which has been described following head trauma, epidural injections or complicating neurological, spinal, craniofacial or sinus surgery. Unfortunately, the signs and symptoms of TP are non-specific and the diagnosis must be made by prompt recognition of the classic imaging signs of TP, allowing lifesaving emergency decompression. We present a trauma patient demonstrating the “Mount Fuji” sign on an unenhanced CT scan of the brain, which is reportedly specific for TP.
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spelling pubmed-61808852018-10-25 Tension pneumocephalus: the neurosurgical emergency equivalent of tension pneumothorax Harvey, John Julian Harvey, Simon Christopher Belli, Antonio BJR Case Rep Case Report Tension pneumocephalus (TP) is the intracranial equivalent of tension pneumothorax. It is an unusual but life-threatening neurosurgical emergency, which has been described following head trauma, epidural injections or complicating neurological, spinal, craniofacial or sinus surgery. Unfortunately, the signs and symptoms of TP are non-specific and the diagnosis must be made by prompt recognition of the classic imaging signs of TP, allowing lifesaving emergency decompression. We present a trauma patient demonstrating the “Mount Fuji” sign on an unenhanced CT scan of the brain, which is reportedly specific for TP. The British Institute of Radiology 2016-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6180885/ /pubmed/30363668 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150127 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Tension pneumocephalus: the neurosurgical emergency equivalent of tension pneumothorax
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150127
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