Rare Case of Tension Pneumocephalus in Thoracic Trauma

Tension pneumocephalus is the presence of air within the cranial vault compressing the ventricles and the brain parenchyma. High altitudes can exacerbate this problem, especially when a dural defect exists and air is forced into the cranial cavity with no way to escape. This case demonstrates a rare...

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Autores principales: Stroie, Oana M, Keinath, Kyle V, Knaus, Christopher M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8330511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34367762
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16136
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author Stroie, Oana M
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description Tension pneumocephalus is the presence of air within the cranial vault compressing the ventricles and the brain parenchyma. High altitudes can exacerbate this problem, especially when a dural defect exists and air is forced into the cranial cavity with no way to escape. This case demonstrates a rare presentation of thoracic trauma causing tension pneumocephalus due to emergent air evacuation.
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spelling pubmed-83305112021-08-06 Rare Case of Tension Pneumocephalus in Thoracic Trauma Stroie, Oana M Keinath, Kyle V Knaus, Christopher M Cureus Radiology Tension pneumocephalus is the presence of air within the cranial vault compressing the ventricles and the brain parenchyma. High altitudes can exacerbate this problem, especially when a dural defect exists and air is forced into the cranial cavity with no way to escape. This case demonstrates a rare presentation of thoracic trauma causing tension pneumocephalus due to emergent air evacuation. Cureus 2021-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8330511/ /pubmed/34367762 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16136 Text en Copyright © 2021, Stroie et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Stroie, Oana M
Keinath, Kyle V
Knaus, Christopher M
Rare Case of Tension Pneumocephalus in Thoracic Trauma
title Rare Case of Tension Pneumocephalus in Thoracic Trauma
title_full Rare Case of Tension Pneumocephalus in Thoracic Trauma
title_fullStr Rare Case of Tension Pneumocephalus in Thoracic Trauma
title_full_unstemmed Rare Case of Tension Pneumocephalus in Thoracic Trauma
title_short Rare Case of Tension Pneumocephalus in Thoracic Trauma
title_sort rare case of tension pneumocephalus in thoracic trauma
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8330511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34367762
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16136
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