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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery 2018; 37(03): 275-279
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1581996
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Post-traumatic Tension Pneumoventricle: Case Report

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Ricardo Macedo Camelo
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Residency Program, Hospital Universitário Professor Alberto Antunes, Maceió, AL, Brazil
,
Josias Inácio da Silva
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Residency Program, Hospital Universitário Professor Alberto Antunes, Maceió, AL, Brazil
,
Rafael Costa Camelo
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Residency Program, Hospital Universitário Professor Alberto Antunes, Maceió, AL, Brazil
,
Moana Vergetti Malta
2   Department of Neurosurgery, HUPAA, Maceió, AL, Brazil
,
Arnon Castro Alves Filho
2   Department of Neurosurgery, HUPAA, Maceió, AL, Brazil
,
Washington Clésio da Silva Ribeiro
2   Department of Neurosurgery, HUPAA, Maceió, AL, Brazil
,
Adans Soares Porfírio
2   Department of Neurosurgery, HUPAA, Maceió, AL, Brazil
,
Daniel Fonseca Oliveira
2   Department of Neurosurgery, HUPAA, Maceió, AL, Brazil
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29. September 2015

11. Januar 2016

Publikationsdatum:
14. April 2016 (online)

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Abstract

Pneumoventricle and liquoric fistula are possible complications of traumatic brain injury (TBI), the main cause of morbimortality related to trauma in Brazil. Liquoric fistulae are more common after direct trauma with skull base fractures. However, pneumoventricle is rare and occurs due to excessive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage in the presence of a poorly compliant ventricle system, resulting in the influx of air to its interior. The pathophysiology of tension pneumoventricle remains uncertain. However, the traumatic cause is certain and multiple bone fractures of the face and liquoric fistula may contribute to the process. If symptomatic, the tension pneumoventricle can cause rapid clinical deterioration. The authors aim to report a rare case of post-TBI tension pneumoventricle with complete resolution and without signs of recurrence of the liquoric fistula after surgical treatment.

Keywords

pneumoventricle - liquoric fistula - cranioencephalic trauma
 

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