title: An unusual post-traumatic occipitocervical pseudomeningocele: case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A rare case of massive post-traumatic subcutaneous pseudomeningocele probably communicating with the cisterna magna, is reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 8-year-old boy sustained a severe injury to the nape of the neck, after which he developed a huge local subcutaneous swelling containing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Communication of the subcutaneous CSF collection with the cisterna magna or any other site of dural fistula could not be identified. After a lumbo-peritoneal CSF shunt, the swelling resolved completely.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical features of a rare case of symptomatic post-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid pseudomeningocele are elaborated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Nadkarni
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Muzumdar
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation