Tension pneumocephalus after excision of posterior mediastinal mass

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 566-568

  Singh, Rana Sandip ^a,b   Pathak, Ashis ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMA; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMA; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREPHINING;

EID: 0032711935     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00571-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Attar S, Hankins JR, Turney SZ, Krasna MJ, McLaughlin JS. Paraplegia after thoracotomy: report of five cases and review of literature. Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59:1410-6.
2. Saldhana R, Srikrishna SV, Pais P, Singh G. Pyogenic meningitis after posterolateral thoracotomy [Letter]. Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:1573-4.
3. Reid AC, Davidson KG, Grossart KW, Durward WF. Spontaneous pneumocephalus following elective thoracotomy. Aust N Z J Med 1982;12:67-9.
4. Malca SA, Roche PH, Touta A, Pellet W. Pneumocephalus after thoracotomy. Surg Neurol 1995;43:398-401.
5. Brown WN, Symbas PN. Pneumocephalus complicating routine thoracotomy: symptoms, diagnosis and management. Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59:234-6.
6. Short HD. Paraplegia associated with the use of oxidized cellulose in posterolateral thoracotomy incisions. Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:288-90.
7. Willheim K, Jurjevic A, Tomic Z. Pneumocephalus as a complication of metastases and eroding infection in the sacral region. J Neurol Neursurg Psych 1998;164:136-7.