Open AccessSpontaneous pneumocephalus secondary to leaking myelomeningocele
Author(s) -
Raja K Kutty,
Sunilkumar Balakrishnan Sreemathyamma,
Jyothish Laila Sivanandapanicker,
Anilkumar Peethambaran
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_17_18
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumocephalus , chiari malformation , spinal dysraphism , neural tube , surgery , magnetic resonance imaging , neural tube defect , computed tomography , spina bifida , syringomyelia , radiology , embryo , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Myelomeningocele is one among the most common forms of spinal dysraphism. We report a newborn male child with leaking myelomeningocele who presented with apneic spells. He underwent a magnetic resonance imaging of the neuraxis, which revealed Chiari malformation and severe hydromyelia along with pneumocephalus. He was planned to undergo urgent repair of the neural tube defect but his parents were not willing for surgery. We report this case as spontaneous pneumocephalus secondary to open neural tube defect, which is very rare and sparsely reported.