Intrathecal gadolinium-enhanced MR-cisternography for the detection of a petrous bone defect in a patient with spontaneous intraventricular pneumocephalus

Harth, Charlotte; Peeters, Ilse; Hoe, Lieven Van; Cypers, Gert; Dekeyzer, Sven

doi:10.1007/s13760-019-01121-7

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“…Symptoms and the clinical course of pneumocephalus can vary, depending primarily on aetiology and the location of intracranial gas. The most frequent symptoms, regardless of pneumocephalus aetiology, are headaches and consciousness disturbances [30,59,99,120]. In otogenic spontaneous pneumocephalus, otalgia, aural fullness, hearing loss, tinnitus, otorrhoea, and abnormal acoustic sensations are also often described.…”

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Pneumocephalus as a rare complication: a systematic review plus clinical vignette

Śmiłowska

Sznajder-Stacha

Kocyłowski

et al. 2021

Neurol Neurochir Pol.

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Introduction. Pneumocephalus is a clinical entity characterised by the presence of gas in the intracranial space. It can result from many different causes. The most common cause is head or facial trauma. Other causes include neoplasms, infections, and surgical or diagnostic procedures. Spontaneous non-traumatic pneumocephalus is a rare condition caused by bone defects, malformations, infections, tumours, intravenous air injection, and other causes. This review, supplemented with a case presentation, aims to summarise the current state of knowledge regarding non-traumatic pneumocephalus.Methodology. This review involved an electronic search (PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science) to identify studies regarding non-traumatic pneumocephalus. In addition, reference lists of identified articles were screened for other potentially relevant papers.Results. In total, 1,107 articles were retrieved by searching databases with the selected query. Based on the selection process, 134 articles were included. These articles were then classified into 'otogenic' , 'bone defect' , 'malformations' , 'infectious' , 'tumours' , 'associated with intravenous air injection' , and other categories. Conclusion.Spontaneous non-traumatic pneumocephalus is a rare condition. Symptoms, clinical courses, and prognoses vary depending on the underlying cause of the disease. To the best of our knowledge, this review's example is the first case report of spontaneous pneumocephalus due to air embolism secondary to lung cancer.

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