Spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus and pneumatocoele

We report the case of a 33-year old woman with an otogenic pneumocephalus associated with pneumatocoele. To our knowledge only 2 other cases have been documented. We discuss the imaging, treatment and causes of otogenic pneumocephalus.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: O Soenen, JW Casselman, B Lerut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2012-11-01
Series:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Subjects:
Ear
Online Access:https://www.jbsr.be/articles/724
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spelling doaj-0fdf6576e0f54d868c9a17a7c87bf4972020-11-25T01:23:23ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812012-11-0195636336510.5334/jbr-btr.724724Spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus and pneumatocoeleO Soenen0JW Casselman1B Lerut2Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, AZ Sint Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, BelgiumDepartment of Radiology and Medical Imaging, AZ Sint Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, BelgiumDepartment of ENT, AZ Sint Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, BelgiumWe report the case of a 33-year old woman with an otogenic pneumocephalus associated with pneumatocoele. To our knowledge only 2 other cases have been documented. We discuss the imaging, treatment and causes of otogenic pneumocephalus.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/724Eardiseases
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author O Soenen
JW Casselman
B Lerut
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JW Casselman
B Lerut
Spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus and pneumatocoele
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Ear
diseases
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JW Casselman
B Lerut
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title Spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus and pneumatocoele
title_short Spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus and pneumatocoele
title_full Spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus and pneumatocoele
title_fullStr Spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus and pneumatocoele
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus and pneumatocoele
title_sort spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus and pneumatocoele
publisher Ubiquity Press
series Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
issn 2514-8281
publishDate 2012-11-01
description We report the case of a 33-year old woman with an otogenic pneumocephalus associated with pneumatocoele. To our knowledge only 2 other cases have been documented. We discuss the imaging, treatment and causes of otogenic pneumocephalus.
topic Ear
diseases
url https://www.jbsr.be/articles/724
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