Pneumocephalus complicating frontal sinus osteoma

Pneumocephalus complicating frontal sinus osteoma

Pneumocephalus is most frequently caused by head trauma, especially to the paranasal sinuses and mastoid areas. Tumours of the skull base, such as osteoma or pituitary tumour, are less common causes. Since osteoma is one of the more common benign tumours of the nose and paranasal area with the front...

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Main Authors: S. Simarak, B. Suraprasit, A. Senatham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 1998-11-01
Series:South African Journal of Radiology
Online Access:https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1566
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spelling doaj-7d60f23cfeef4077a8735d311e93d7602020-11-25T02:19:02ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Radiology1027-202X2078-67781998-11-0134293110.4102/sajr.v3i4.1566934Pneumocephalus complicating frontal sinus osteomaS. Simarak0B. Suraprasit1A. Senatham2Department of Radiology, Chiang Mai UniversityDepartment of Radiology, Chiang Mai UniversityDepartment of Radiology, Chiang Mai UniversityPneumocephalus is most frequently caused by head trauma, especially to the paranasal sinuses and mastoid areas. Tumours of the skull base, such as osteoma or pituitary tumour, are less common causes. Since osteoma is one of the more common benign tumours of the nose and paranasal area with the frontal sinus being its most frequent location, special attention should be paid to the examination of this area for frontal osteoma in patients presenting with spontaneous pneumocephalus.https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1566
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Pneumocephalus complicating frontal sinus osteoma
South African Journal of Radiology
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title Pneumocephalus complicating frontal sinus osteoma
title_short Pneumocephalus complicating frontal sinus osteoma
title_full Pneumocephalus complicating frontal sinus osteoma
title_fullStr Pneumocephalus complicating frontal sinus osteoma
title_full_unstemmed Pneumocephalus complicating frontal sinus osteoma
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series South African Journal of Radiology
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description Pneumocephalus is most frequently caused by head trauma, especially to the paranasal sinuses and mastoid areas. Tumours of the skull base, such as osteoma or pituitary tumour, are less common causes. Since osteoma is one of the more common benign tumours of the nose and paranasal area with the frontal sinus being its most frequent location, special attention should be paid to the examination of this area for frontal osteoma in patients presenting with spontaneous pneumocephalus.
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