Tension pneumocephalus: Mount Fuji sign
A 13-year-old male was operated for a space occupying lesion in the brain. A noncontrast computed tomography scan done in the late postoperative period showed massive subdural air collection causing compression of bilateral frontal lobes with widening of interhemispheric fissure and the frontal lobe...
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| author | Pulastya Sanyal Keerthiraj Bele Santosh Phajir Vishwanath Rai |
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| description | A 13-year-old male was operated for a space occupying lesion in the brain. A noncontrast computed tomography scan done in the late postoperative period showed massive subdural air collection causing compression of bilateral frontal lobes with widening of interhemispheric fissure and the frontal lobes acquiring a peak like configuration - causing tension pneumocephalus-"Mount Fuji sign." Tension pneumocephalus occurs when air enters the extradural or intradural spaces in sufficient volume to exert a mass or pressure effect on the brain, leading to brain herniation. Tension pneumocephalus is a surgical emergency, which needs immediate intervention in the form of decompression of the cranial cavity by a burr hole or needle aspiration. The Mount Fuji sign differentiates tension pneumocephalus from pneumocephalus. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-792b086b46a74ef3b5089bd29320a6982022-12-22T03:18:15ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsArchives of Medicine and Health Sciences2321-48482015-01-013235235310.4103/2321-4848.171948Tension pneumocephalus: Mount Fuji signPulastya SanyalKeerthiraj BeleSantosh Phajir Vishwanath RaiA 13-year-old male was operated for a space occupying lesion in the brain. A noncontrast computed tomography scan done in the late postoperative period showed massive subdural air collection causing compression of bilateral frontal lobes with widening of interhemispheric fissure and the frontal lobes acquiring a peak like configuration - causing tension pneumocephalus-"Mount Fuji sign." Tension pneumocephalus occurs when air enters the extradural or intradural spaces in sufficient volume to exert a mass or pressure effect on the brain, leading to brain herniation. Tension pneumocephalus is a surgical emergency, which needs immediate intervention in the form of decompression of the cranial cavity by a burr hole or needle aspiration. The Mount Fuji sign differentiates tension pneumocephalus from pneumocephalus.http://www.amhsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2321-4848;year=2015;volume=3;issue=2;spage=352;epage=353;aulast=SanyalMount Fujineurosurgical emergencytension pneumocephalus |
| spellingShingle | Pulastya Sanyal Keerthiraj Bele Santosh Phajir Vishwanath Rai Tension pneumocephalus: Mount Fuji sign Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences Mount Fuji neurosurgical emergency tension pneumocephalus |
| title | Tension pneumocephalus: Mount Fuji sign |
| title_full | Tension pneumocephalus: Mount Fuji sign |
| title_fullStr | Tension pneumocephalus: Mount Fuji sign |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tension pneumocephalus: Mount Fuji sign |
| title_short | Tension pneumocephalus: Mount Fuji sign |
| title_sort | tension pneumocephalus mount fuji sign |
| topic | Mount Fuji neurosurgical emergency tension pneumocephalus |
| url | http://www.amhsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2321-4848;year=2015;volume=3;issue=2;spage=352;epage=353;aulast=Sanyal |
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