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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2017; 12(04): 695-697
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_25_15
Case Report

Pneumocephalus presenting as sudden thunderclap headache

Vivek Guleria
Department of Medicine, Military Hospital, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
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Ajay Sharma
Department of Medicine, Military Hospital, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
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Chetan Sharda
Department of Medicine, Military Hospital, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
,
Virendra Kumar
Department of Medicine, Military Hospital, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
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Pneumocephalus is a rare condition characterized by the presence of gas within the cranial cavity. This gas arises either from a trauma, tumor, surgical procedure, or occasionally from infection. Pneumocephalus secondary to chronic otitis media is an extremely rare phenomenon. We describe here a 70-year-old male, a known case of chronic suppurative otitis media who presented with sudden onset severe thunderclap headache and was eventually diagnosed as pneumocephalus.

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Pneumocephalus - subarachnoid hemorrhage - thunderclap headache


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20 September 2022

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