Intracranial hypertension secondary to tension subcutaneous emphysema.
A patient with severe closed head injury and tension subcutaneous emphysema developed intracranial hypertension unresponsive to conventional treatment. Subcutaneous air drainage controlled the intracranial pressure. The subcutaneous pressure was directly correlated with intracranial pressure.
D000293:Adolescent; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D004646:Emphysema / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000150:complications*