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An unusual post-traumatic occipitocervical pseudomeningocele: case report
A Goel1, K I Desai, T D Nadkarni
1Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
Background:
A rare case of massive post-traumatic subcutaneous pseudomeningocele probably communicating with the cisterna magna, is reported.
Case Description:
An 8-year-old boy sustained a severe injury to the nape of the neck, after which he developed a huge local subcutaneous swelling containing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Communication of the subcutaneous CSF collection with the cisterna magna or any other site of dural fistula could not be identified. After a lumbo-peritoneal CSF shunt, the swelling resolved completely.
Conclusion:
The clinical features of a rare case of symptomatic post-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid pseudomeningocele are elaborated.