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Tension pneumocephalus after excision of posterior mediastinal mass
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 4, 1999
Abstract:
Although paraplegia after a posterolateral thoracotomy has been described as a serious complication, the occurrence of tension pneumocephalus after excision of posterior mediastinal mass has also been reported as another life-threatening complication. We report one such case.