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Communicating Hydrocephalus Onset Following a Traumatic Tension Pneumocephalus

  • Lee, Jin-Sung (Department of Neurosurgery, Wonkwang University Hospital) ;
  • Ahn, Sora (Department of Surgery, Division of Coloproctology, Wonkwang University Hospital) ;
  • Eom, Ki Seong (Department of Neurosurgery, Wonkwang University Hospital)
  • Received : 2016.06.02
  • Accepted : 2016.10.20
  • Published : 2016.12.20
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Abstract

The entrapment of intracranial air from the check valve system results in a tension pneumocephalus. It should be distinguished from simple pneumocephalus because they are intracranial space-occupying masses that can threaten life. Communicating hydrocephalus is a serious and frequent complication of post-traumatic head injury. Head injury is one of the most common causes in etiopathogenesis of communicating hydrocephalus. Here, we describe a case of a 65-year-old man who developed communicating hydrocephalus after a post-traumatic tension pneumocephalus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of communicating hydrocephalus developed after a post-traumatic tension pneumocephalus. Although the exact pathogenic mechanisms underlying the cascade following trauma remain unclear, communicating hydrocephalus after a tension pneumocephalus could be considered a possible complication.

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