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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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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Harvey, John Julian Harvey, Simon Christopher Belli, Antonio Tension pneumocephalus: the neurosurgical emergency equivalent of tension pneumothorax |
title | Tension pneumocephalus: the neurosurgical emergency equivalent of tension pneumothorax |
title_full | Tension pneumocephalus: the neurosurgical emergency equivalent of tension pneumothorax |
title_fullStr | Tension pneumocephalus: the neurosurgical emergency equivalent of tension pneumothorax |
title_full_unstemmed | Tension pneumocephalus: the neurosurgical emergency equivalent of tension pneumothorax |
title_short | Tension pneumocephalus: the neurosurgical emergency equivalent of tension pneumothorax |
title_sort | tension pneumocephalus: the neurosurgical emergency equivalent of tension pneumothorax |
topic | Case Report |
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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