Open AccessSpontaneous Pneumoventricle Following Bariatric Surgery
Author(s) -
Antônio Santos de Araújo Júnior,
Pedro Alberto Arlant,
Arnaldo Salvestrini Júnior,
Paulo Roberto Lazarini,
Edson Ibrahim Mitre,
Marcos Fernando de Lima Docema,
Mirella Martins Fazzito,
Rogério Tuma,
Alfredo Salim Helito
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jornal brasileiro de neurocirurgia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2446-6786
pISSN - 0103-5118
DOI - 10.22290/jbnc.v22i4.1071
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , urinary incontinence , weight loss , hemiparesis , cerebrospinal fluid , posterior fossa , obesity , lesion
Pneumoventricle is a common postoperative event following posterior fossa approach, or any transventricular approach, with a benign evolution, rarely life-threatening. However, spontaneous pneumoventricle is a rare condition, almostalways secondary to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage, with possible worse evolution. We report a 57 years-old woman, previously healthy, submitted 7 months previously to a bariatric surgery, with 110 pounds (50 Kg) weight loss since that, who developed 1 month later headache, hemiparesis and urinary incontinence, secondary to a spontaneous pneumoventricle.