title: Cavernous sinus air in a patient with basilar skull fracture: CT identification.
abstract: Air within the cavernous sinus resulting from fracture of the wall of the sphenoid sinus was identified by cranial CT in a patient with head injury. Careful search of the skull base is important in post-traumatic pneumocephalus to identify a potential site of CSF leak.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Bartynski
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed