A Case of Hemicranial Pneumocephalus Secondary to Removal of a Central Venous Catheter.
- Author:
Dae Won KIM
1
;
Yu Seon YUN
;
Hye Yeon LEE
;
Hyun Ho CHOI
;
Seung Hwa CHOI
;
Kwan Hyun LEE
;
Dae Yeon HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Cheongju St. Mary Hospital, Cheongju, Korea. kidneydoctor@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pneumocephalus;
Catheterization;
Central Venous
- MeSH:
Catheterization;
Catheters;
Central Venous Catheters;
Humans;
Pneumocephalus
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2011;80(Suppl 2):S249-S252
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The presence of pneumocephalus associated with insertion, maintenance, and removal of intravenous catheters is a rare radiographic finding, but may be clinically relevant. Various pathways have been proposed to explain the development of pneumocephalus, but none are well understood. We present a patient with hemicranial pneumocephalus secondary to removal of a central venous catheter as determined by computed tomography, and we propose a possible mechanism of the pneumocephalus.
