@article{ref1,
title="Communicating hydrocephalus onset following a traumatic tension pneumocephalus",
journal="Archives of craniofacial surgery",
year="2016",
author="Lee, Jin-Sung and Ahn, Sora and Eom, Ki Seong",
volume="17",
number="4",
pages="225-228",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2287-1152",
doi="10.7181/acfs.2016.17.4.225",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2016.17.4.225"
}