Pneumocephalus Following Thoracic Surgery with Posterior Chest Wall Resection.

ABSTRACT: Pneumocephalus can be seen after head injury with fracture of the skull-base or in cerebral neoplasm, infection, or after intracranial or spinal surgery. We report on a 69-year-old male patient with pneumocephalus after right-sided lobectomy and en bloc resection of the chest wall for non-small-cell lung cancer. Postoperatively, the patient showed a reduced vigilance level with no response to pain stimuli and anisocoria. The CCT scan revealed an extensive pneumocephalus; following which, the patient underwent neurosurgery with laminectomy and ligature of the transected nerve roots. After operation the patient returned to his baseline mental status.

SUBMITTER: Muller I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4670301 | biostudies-other | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other