title: [Pneumocephalus as a complication of mastoid surgery].
abstract: Non-traumatic otologic diseases are a rare cause of Pneumocephalus. Among them few reports have been published whereas it presented following oto-surgery. The AA. communicate one of those events in a patient who presented with CSF-otorrhea, headache and disorientation after recent radical mastoidectomy. The definitive diagnosis was done by CT-scan imaging. Survey of the scarce literature on the subject, description of the clinical and diagnostic features, its possible physiopathology and surgical management.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de O.R.L. Hospital Dr. Peset S.V.S., Valencia.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Artazkoz del Toro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faubel Serra
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Vendrell Marqués
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pons Rocher
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Campos Dana
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002558:Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Neumoencéfalo como complicación de cirugía de la mastoides.