Traumatic frontal bone fracture resulting in intracerebral pneumocephalus.
Gas within the brain parenchyma, known as intracerebral pneumocephalus, has been infrequently reported. Head trauma is the most common cause. A case of intracerebral pneumocephalus resulting from a golf club injury and a review of the literature are presented.
McIntosh
Bryan C
BC
Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut and Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06528, USA.
Strugar
John
J
Narayan
Deepak
D
D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D006055:Golf / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D019876:Sports Equipment / Q000009:adverse effects