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Pneumocephalus due to Compressed Air Injury without Facial Bone Fracture  

Chung, Ho-Jin (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine)
Lee, Byung-Hoon (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine)
Hwang, Yoon-Joon (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine)
Kim, Su-Young (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.65, no.4, 2011 , pp. 333-335 More about this Journal
Abstract
Pneumocephalus without a facial bone fracture or sinus disease is rare. A possible cause of pneumocephalus is high-pressure air applied into the orbit may cause without any evidence of a facial fracture (1-5). The mechanism behind pneumocephalus may be secondary to a blast of air from the orbit to the intracranial space (1, 2) with a degree of pressure (1). We report a case of compressed air injury induced by disseminated pneumocephalus in the absence of a facial bone fracture detected on multidetector computed tomography. After 5 days, a follow-up indicated that the pneumocephalus was almost completely resolved without visual loss.
Keywords
Compressed Air Injury; Pneumocephalus; Orbital Emphysema; Multi-Slice Detector Computed Tomographic Scanning;
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