Spontaneous Resolution of Delayed Post-operative Extradural and Epicranial Pneumatocele.
Extradural and epicranial pneumatocele is a rare condition. It may complicate with CSF rhinorrhoea and meningitis which can have a fatal outcome. We present a case of delayed post-operative extradural and epicranial pneumatocele in the frontal region following primary repair of the anterior skull base for a traumatic compound craniofacial injury with CSF leakage. There was no evidence of meningitis or raised ICP. As the patient was neurologically stable; he was managed conservatively and had a spontaneous resolution of the pneumatocele.
Dr AM Rejaus Satter, Associate Consultant, Neurosurgery, Square Hospitals Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh; E-mail: dr.reja.joy@gmail.com.
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D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000150:complications; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous