title: Pneumocephalus after interventional therapy in esophageal cancer.
abstract: Pneumocephalus has been reported to have many causes. To our knowledge, a case of tension pneumocephalus caused by subarachnoid-esophagus fistula has not been reported previously. In this report, an unusual case of tension pneumocephalus, which appeared after esophageal cancer disrupting paravertebral tissue resulted in subarachnoid-esophagus fistula, is presented and the involvements in tension pneumocephalus are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, 324#, Jingwu Road, Jinan, Shandong 250021, PR China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yuanming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Guodong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guangming
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013346:Subarachnoid Space; D016896:Treatment Outcome