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Post-traumatic pneumocephalus

神经外科

Common symptoms

耳漏、脑脊液鼻漏、出汗异常、脑疝、颅内压增高、恶心

The pathology of disease

Post-traumatic pneumocephalus is intracranial air after skull base/paranasal sinus fracture; usually resolves; tension pneumocephalus is emergency.

Symptoms

Headache; 'bruit'; altered consciousness; CSF rhinorrhea/otorrhea

Causes

Skull base fracture; dural tear; sinus communication.

Treatment

Observation; head elevation; antibiotics; surgical repair if persistent/tension

Dept

Neurosurgery / ENT.

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