TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Otogenic tension pneumocephalus caused by therapeutic lumbar CSF drainage for post-traumatic hydrocephalus: a case report
JO  - Ear, nose, and throat journal
A1  - Chan, Edwin K.
A1  - Meiteles, Lawrence Z.
SP  - 391
EP  - 3, 405
VL  - 86
IS  - 7
N2  - Tension pneumocephalus occurs when a continuous flow of air accumulates in the intracranial cavity and produces a mass effect on the brain. We describe a case in which tension pneumocephalus was caused by the performance of continuous lumbar CSF drainage in a middle-aged man who had experienced a temporal bone fracture. Continuous lumbar CSF drainage is commonly performed in patients with temporal bone or basilar skull fractures to treat concomitant post-traumatic CSF rhinorrhea, CSF otorrhea, and/or hydrocephalus. However; to the best of our knowledge, there has been no previously reported case of tension pneumocephalus occurring as a complication of this procedure in a patient with a temporal bone fracture.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-5613
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -