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Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
April 2023
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India.
Spontaneous or post-traumatic CSF (cerebrospinal-fluid) rhinorrhea occurs when there is a skull-base defect. In our study, we tried endoscopic approach, exclusively as surgical modality. To study feasibility of trans-nasal endoscopic approach for repair of skull-base defects and success rates at each anatomical subsite, with complications.
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April 2023
Neurological Surgery, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, TUR.
Intradiploic arachnoid cysts are infrequent but benign lesions of the central nervous system. Etiologically, they can be non-traumatic or post-traumatic in origin. We present an unusual case of a post-traumatic intradiploic arachnoid cyst presented with recurrent meningitis episodes.
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March 2022
Department of Radiology, Alaaddin Keykubat University, School of Medicine, Alanya, Antalya, Turkey.
Background: Maxillofacial fractures and craniocerebral injuries are common in patients with head trauma. These are injuries with high mortality and morbidity. Therefore, patients with head trauma should be evaluated early with a multidisciplinary approach.
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June 2021
Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Hospital Manipal, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
We report a case of a 30-year-old man who presented with altered mental status, fever, headache and vomiting for 3 days. An initial CT scan of the brain revealed the presence of pneumocephalus with a bony defect in the anterior cranial fossa. The pneumocephalus was not explained initially and the patient was re-examined for any signs of trauma to the face, and a review of the history revealed a series of three traumatic events months prior to this illness.
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February 2021
Emergency Department; Rajaei Hospital, Medical Faculty, Qazvin University of Medical Science, Qazvin, Iran.
Pneumocephalus refers to the presence of air in the cranial cavity. Trauma is the most common cause of acquired pneumocephalus. Tension pneumocephalus occurs when intracranial accumulation of air causes high pressure on the brain as compared to extracranial pressure.
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