TRAUMATIC PNEUMOCEPHALUS
- 1 June 1930
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 20 (6) , 935-958
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1930.01150120053004
Abstract
The term traumatic pneumocephalus1may be broadly used to designate the entrance of air into the brain or cranial cavity following a fracture of the skull. This air may produce a pocket in the substance of the brain itself, occupy the ventricular chambers, or less frequently disperse itself along the subdural spaces. In the great majority of cases the fracture of the skull involves one of the accessory nasal sinuses, most often the frontal. Cases, however, have been reported in which the line of fracture did not communicate directly with an air-containing sinus. The appearance of pneumocephalus may be immediate or remote. It has been known to develop within a few hours after the accident; on the other hand, instances have been reported in which it appeared from ten to seventeen months following an injury to the head. Whenever this condition is suspected clinically—as should always be the caseKeywords
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