An unusual post-traumatic occipitocervical pseudomeningocele: case report.
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.
Goel
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Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
Desai
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Nadkarni
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Muzumdar
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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