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Delayed intraventricular tension pneumocephalus due to scalp-ventricle fistula: a very rare complication of shunt surgery.

Bekir Tuğcu, Osman Tanrıverdi, Ömür Günaldı, Serhat Baydın, Lütfi Şinasi Postalcı, Hidayet Akdemir

PubMed · 2009 · 19 citations · 10 references

Abstract

In contrast to reported cases with delayed pneumocephalus developing after shunting, air entry was in skull base, air source was the scalpventricular fistula in the present case.

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Pediatric Hydrocephalus, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Aqueductal Stenosis +9

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Stephen Honeybul, Abiram Bala · Journal of Clinical Neuroscience · 2006 · 24 citations

Pediatric Hydrocephalus, Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy +5