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KMID : 1103720110650040333
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
2011 Volume.65 No. 4 p.333 ~ p.335
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Pneumocephalus due to Compressed Air Injury without Facial Bone Fracture
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Chung Ho-Jin
Lee Byung-Hoon
Hwang Yoon-Joon
Kim Su-Young
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Compressed Air Injury , Pneumocephalus , Orbital Emphysema , Multi-Slice Detector Computed Tomographic Scanning
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