Korean J Med.
2011 Jun;80(Suppl 2):S249-S252.
A Case of Hemicranial Pneumocephalus Secondary to Removal of a Central Venous Catheter
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Cheongju St. Mary Hospital, Cheongju, Korea. kidneydoctor@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- The presence of pneumocephalus associated with insertion, maintenance, and removal of intravenous catheters is a rare radiographic finding, but may be clinically relevant. Various pathways have been proposed to explain the development of pneumocephalus, but none are well understood. We present a patient with hemicranial pneumocephalus secondary to removal of a central venous catheter as determined by computed tomography, and we propose a possible mechanism of the pneumocephalus.
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