Early onset tension pneumocephalus following ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion for normal pressure hydrocephalus: a case report.
The occurrence of tension pneumocephalus following ventriculoperitoneal (v.p.) shunt insertion is extremely rare, and is usually of delayed onset. We report a patient who developed an acute subdural tension pneumocephalus within 1 day following placement of a v.p. shunt for normal pressure hydrocephalus as a complication from shunt surgery.
Barada
Wissam
W
Neurology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. wb13@aub.edu.lb
Najjar
Marwan
M
Beydoun
Ahmad
A
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013355:Subdural Space / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*