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KMID : 1033720160170040225
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Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
2016 Volume.17 No. 4 p.225 ~ p.228
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Communicating Hydrocephalus Onset Following a Traumatic Tension Pneumocephalus
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Lee Jin-Sung
Ahn So-Ra
Eom Ki-Seong
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Abstract
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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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KEYWORD
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Tension pneumocephalus , Hydrocephalus , Head injury , complication
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