Pneumocephalus after interventional therapy in esophageal cancer.
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.
Qu
Xin
X
Department of Neurosurgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, 324#, Jingwu Road, Jinan, Shandong 250021, PR China.
Yang
Wei
W
Han
Tao
T
Jiang
Meng
M
Qu
Yuanming
Y
Wang
Guodong
G
Xu
Guangming
G
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