Tension pneumocephalus five years after intracranial resection of pituitary adenoma--a case report.
A case of spontaneous pneumocephalus with progression to tension pneumocephalus is presented. It is unique because it occurred spontaneously via a sellar defect 5 years after resection and irradiation of a pituitary adenoma, without tumor recurrence. Computed tomography clarified the extent of the pneumocephalus and its progression to tension pneumocephalus.
Fleming
M S
MS
Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.
Numaguchi
Y
Y
Nadell
J A
JA
Haddad
C G
CG
D000236:Adenoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D000399:Air Pressure; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008580:Meningism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed