title: Spontaneous trigemino-pontine pneumocephalus.
abstract: A case of a spontaneous trigemino-pontine pneumocephalus in a 25-year-old man without any known risk factors is described. Other cases of spontaneous pneumocephalus in the literature are briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne-CHUV, Switzerland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mariani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Tribolet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010579:Petrous Bone; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D012912:Sneezing; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve