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pneumocephalus

Etiology: - trauma, head injury - intracranial neoplasm of the base of the skull - surgery - barotrauma - spontaneous Pathology: - presence of air or gas within the cranial cavity Radiology: - CT scan shows air or gas in the cranial vault

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head injury

References

  1. Wikipedia: Pneumocephalus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumocephalus
  2. Aguilar-Shea AL; Manas-Gallardo N; Romero-Pisonero E Post-traumatic pneumocephalus. Int J Emerg Med. Jun 2009; 2(2): 129-130 PMID: 20157459 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700224/
  3. Schirmer CM, Heilman CB, Bhardwaj A. Pneumocephalus: case illustrations and review. Neurocrit Care. 2010 Aug;13(1):152-8 PMID: 20405340
  4. Gaillard F and Weerakkody Y Pneumocephalus http://radiopaedia.org/articles/pneumocephalus