Causes of pneumocephalus and when to be concerned about it

A Cunqueiro, MH Scheinfeld - Emergency Radiology, 2018 - Springer
Intracranial gas is commonly detected on neuroimaging. The recognition of this finding can
at first blush be unsettling. Being able to localize this gas to a specific compartment …

Tension pneumoventricle secondary to cutaneous-ventricular fistula: Case report and literature review

AO Almubarak, F Fakhroo, MR Alhuthayl, I Kanaan… - World Neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Tension pneumoventricle (TPV) is a subtype of tension pneumocephalus in
which the air is trapped inside the ventricles through a one-way osteodural defect, causing …

Tension pneumoventricle: Reversible cause for aphasia

N Shaikh, A Chanda, J Hassan, A Al-Kubaisi… - Qatar medical …, 2021 - qscience.com
Pneumocephalus is air in the cranium commonly seen in postcraniotomy and in head injury
patients. When this air causes an increase in intracranial pressure leading to neurological …

[HTML][HTML] Pneumocephalus secondary to a spinal surgery: a literature review and a case report

OJ Abu-Hamdiyah, S Al Sharie, S Awadi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction We report a case of pneumocephalus, which is identified as the presence of air
in the cranial cavity and is a rare complication after spinal surgeries, in addition to a …

[HTML][HTML] Tension pneumoventricle in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt and an ethmoidal meningoencephalocele

O De Jesus, RJ Fernández-de Thomas… - Surgical Neurology …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Tension pneumoventricle is a rare, life-threatening complication. It has been
rarely described in patients with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts. Case Description: A 28 …

MRI diagnosis of spontaneous intraventricular tension‐pneumocephalus in a 10‐month‐old male Saarloos Wolfdog

S Kohl, C Köhler, I Kiefer - Veterinary radiology & ultrasound, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A 10‐month‐old male Saarloos Wolfdog was presented with a history of multiple neurologic
deficits that had acutely progressed. Neurologic examination findings localized signs to the …

Untreated tension pneumoventricle leading to progressive encephalomalacia: a rare case report with review of literature

AP Patankar, S Chaudhary - British Journal of Neurosurgery, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Tension pneumoventricle is a rare but potentially life threatening condition affecting the
central nervous system. The majority of the reported cases are iatrogenic, seen after surgery …

[PDF][PDF] Management of delayed post-traumatic tension pneumoventricle in a resource-limited setting: a report of two cases

OI Hamma, OA Idrissa, MMS Abdou, AC Angelo… - Medicine, 2024 - researchgate.net
Delayed post-traumatic pneumoventricle tension is characterized by a pathological
accumulation of air in the cerebral ventricles after 72 hours of head trauma. This is a rare …

The pressure differential efflux technique–A novel approach for troubleshooting air-locked external ventricular drainage systems: A technical note and review of …

AA Kumar, JX Lim, R Bakthavachalam… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
External ventricular drainage (EVD) is carried out in many neurosurgical conditions for the
diversion of cerebrospinal fluid. These EVD systems can, however, malfunction with …

Quadriparesis Due to Delayed Tension Pneumoventricle

BV Maramattom - The Neurologist, 2022 - journals.lww.com
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