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Spontaneous pneumocephalus following elective thoracotomy
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
|February 1, 1982
Abstract:
One month following a right upper lobectomy for bronchial carcinoma, a 50-year-old man developed headaches, confusion and a right hemiparesis. Radiographs revealed intraventricular air. This was thought to have originated from air being forced through a dural tear sustained at the time of operation. Both the intraventricular air and the accompanying symptoms and signs subsequently resolved.