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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2016; 11(03): 309-310
DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.179646
CASE REPORT

Tension pneumocephalus causing brain herniation after endoscopic sinus surgery

Erhan Çelikoglu
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, Ministry of Health, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul
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Jülide Hazneci
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, Ministry of Health, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul
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Ali Ramazanoglu
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, Ministry of Health, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul
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Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) may rarely be complicated by intracranial complications; the most common of them is a cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Pneumocephalus as a complication of ESS is quite rare. Here, we presented a unique case of tension pneumocephalus causing brain herniation as a complication of ESS, to whom emergent craniotomy was performed.

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Brain herniation - craniotomy - endoscopic sinus surgery - tension pneumocephalus


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Article published online:
20 September 2022

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