TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Communicating hydrocephalus onset following a traumatic tension pneumocephalus
JO  - Archives of craniofacial surgery
A1  - Lee, Jin-Sung
A1  - Ahn, Sora
A1  - Eom, Ki Seong
SP  - 225
EP  - 228
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2287-1152
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2016.17.4.225
ID  - ref1
ER  -