An Unusual Presentation of Frontal Bony Defect with Pneumocephalus and its Management in an Elderly Patient

Pneumocephalus can be caused by neurosurgical procedures, endoscopic sinus surgery, craniofacial trauma, tumors of the skull base, frontal sinus cranialization, and can rarely occur spontaneously. The treatment options are conservative treatment, craniotomy, osteoplastic flap surgery of the frontal...

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Main Authors: Shih-Tong Chen, Hung-Ching Lin, Jon-Kway Huang, Ying-Piao Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2015-03-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959815000150