pneumocephalus/asthenia

We describe a patient with pneumocephalus following an epidural steroid injection (ESI) who presented with altered mental status, headache, focal neurologic findings and seizures. Pneumocephalus has rarely been described following ESI. A 34-year-old female presented with an altered level of

A 30-year-old female presented with headache, CSF rhinorrhoea, mild right facial weakness, 2 months following temporal lobectomy for epilepsy. CT revealed marked intraventricular pneumocephalus with breached air cells in the pneumatized lower part of temporal bone. The dural and bony defects

A 59-year-old man presented with epileptic seizures interpreted as episodic syncope in the past 3 years and the patient had a history of head trauma about 4 years ago. Computed tomography revealed an ossified chronic subdural hematoma involving the right frontotemporoparietal region, which was

Objective: Report the details of an unusual case of initially unilateral intradural spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus in which the patient developed contralateral pneumocephalus after surgical repair of temporal bone and dural defects

Iatrogenic injuries of the frontal skull base commonly occur during endoscopic sinus surgery. In this paper, we present a rare case of cranial base injury after transnasal endotracheal intubation for dental surgery. A 61-year-old otherwise healthy man presented at the emergency department with

Pneumocephalus secondary to septic superior sagittal sinus thrombosis (SSSST) is extremely rare. We report computed tomography (CT) findings in a 63-year-old man with SSSST caused by the gas-forming organism Klebsiella pneumoniae. The patient presented with fever, chills, general weakness, and

Tension pneumocephalus is the presence of air or gas in the cranium that is under pressure. It occurs due to disruption of the skull, including trauma to the head or face, after neurosurgical procedures and occasionally, spontaneously (Schirmer et al., 2010). Patients typically present with headache

Spontaneous pneumocephalus is exceptionally rare, with few published cases in the literature. We describe a patient presenting with dysphasia, right facial weakness, headache and confusion who was subsequently found to have pneumocephalus due to an encephalocoele herniating into a tegmen tympani

We present the case history of a 23-year-old man who underwent frontal craniotomy followed by radiotherapy for a Grade III anaplastic glioma. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the 3-month follow-up showed significant tumour response. He became unwell some weeks after the MRI with an upper

An 86-year-old man presented with left hand numbness and weakness 10 days after a resection of squamous cell carcinoma of the right side of the scalp. A CT head scan identified a right-sided, hypodense subdural collection without midline shift, with associated pneumocephalus. When the images were

The authors present an unusual cause of pneumocephalus in a previously fit and well female octogenarian who presented with acute onset altered level of consciousness and generalised weakness. Radiological imaging demonstrated widespread cerebritis with pneumocephalus and gas within the superior

Subdural tension pneumocephalus in a 80-year-old man following nasal polypectomy, presenting clinically with progressive weakness of both legs, is reported and the pathogenesis is discussed. The diagnosis of tension pneumocephalus and the options of management are considered.

BACKGROUND Spontaneous pneumocephalus in the nontraumatic setting is distinctly unusual. Pneumocephalus from central nervous system infection with Clostridium septicum has been rarely reported, and more commonly reflects a later stage of abscess formation. We present an unusual case of invasive C.

BACKGROUND Pneumocephalus is the presence of air in the cranial cavity. When this intracranial air causes increased intracranial pressure and leads to neurological deterioration, it is known as tension pneumocephalus (TP). TP can be a major life-threatening postoperative complication, especially

A 37-year-old man presented with a four-week history of progressive left-sided weakness, frontal headache, confusion, and drowsiness. A computed tomography evaluation of the head revealed a 7-cm pneumatocele in the right frontoparietal region with shift of the falx to the left. The patient was taken