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Spontaneous Pneumocephalus following Elective Thoracotomy
Author(s) -
Reid A. C.,
Davidson K. G.,
Grossart K. W.,
Durward W. F.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1982.tb02430.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumocephalus , thoracotomy , headaches , confusion , hemiparesis , surgery , anesthesia , computed tomography , angiography , psychology , psychoanalysis
Spontaneous pneumocephalus following elective thoracotomy. A. C. Reid, K. G. Davidson, K. W. Grossart and W. F. Durward, Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1982, 12, pp. 67–69. One month following a right upper lobectomy for bronchial carcinoma, a 50‐year‐old man developed headaches, confusion and a right hemiparesis. Radiographs revealed intraventricular air. This was thought to have originated from air being forced through a dural tear sustained at the time of operation. Both the intraventricular air and the accompanying symptoms and signs subsequently resolved.