Pneumocephalus Secondary to Acute Sinusitis: Case Report

Pneumocephalus Secondary to Acute Sinusitis: Case Report

We encountered a male patient with a pneumocephalus secondary to acute sinusitis. A fistula between the sphenoid sinus and the intracranial cavity, probably the subarachnoid space, was detected during puncture and irrigation of the sphenoid sinus. This fistula might have been quite small and might h...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neurologia medico-chirurgica 1986/07/15, Vol.26(7), pp.541-544
Hauptverfasser: NAGANUMA, Hirofumi, IMAI, Shuji, WAKAO, Tetsuo, KOIZUMI, Hidehito, KOIZUMI, Jinichi, MINOWA, Akira
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Sprache:eng
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Acute Disease
acute sinusitis
Adolescent
Humans
Male
pneumocephalus
Pneumocephalus - etiology
Sinusitis - complications
Sphenoid Sinus
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Zusammenfassung:We encountered a male patient with a pneumocephalus secondary to acute sinusitis. A fistula between the sphenoid sinus and the intracranial cavity, probably the subarachnoid space, was detected during puncture and irrigation of the sphenoid sinus. This fistula might have been quite small and might have closed spontaneously. Sellar tomograms and metrizamide computed tomographic cisternography had failed to disclose the fistula.
ISSN:0470-8105
1349-8029
DOI:10.2176/nmc.26.541