Communicating Hydrocephalus Onset Following a Traumatic Tension Pneumocephalus.
10.7181/acfs.2016.17.4.225
- Author:
Jin Sung LEE
1
;
Sora AHN
;
Ki Seong EOM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Korea. kseom@wonkwang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tension pneumocephalus;
Hydrocephalus;
Head injury;
Complication
- MeSH:
Aged;
Craniocerebral Trauma;
Humans;
Hydrocephalus*;
Pneumocephalus*
- From:Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
2016;17(4):225-228
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The entrapment of intracranial air from the check valve system results in a tension pneumocephalus. It should be distinguished from simple pneumocephalus because they are intracranial space-occupying masses that can threaten life. Communicating hydrocephalus is a serious and frequent complication of post-traumatic head injury. Head injury is one of the most common causes in etiopathogenesis of communicating hydrocephalus. Here, we describe a case of a 65-year-old man who developed communicating hydrocephalus after a post-traumatic tension pneumocephalus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of communicating hydrocephalus developed after a post-traumatic tension pneumocephalus. Although the exact pathogenic mechanisms underlying the cascade following trauma remain unclear, communicating hydrocephalus after a tension pneumocephalus could be considered a possible complication.
