[Effect of fractionated pneumoencephalography on intracranial pressure]

The major changes in clinical condition during and after encephalography may be explained by intracranial pressure variations. If neither intracranial hypertension nor CSF dynamic perturbations exist, minimal complications may be predicted, but in intracranial hypertension immediate deterioration may occur. Despite an apparently good level of tolerance, complications may develop if the compensation phenomena cannot occur: normal pressure hydrocephalus, craniosynostosis. In the cases with good clinical tolerance, minimal changes occur when air injection is administered at a slow rate and with a small volume.