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Tension Pneumocephalus - The Mount Fuji Sign

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Jason Beiko  and
Patrick McDonald
Jason Beiko
Affiliation:
Section of Neuorsurgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Patrick McDonald*
Affiliation:
Section of Neuorsurgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
*
Health Sciences Centre, GB126-820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1R9, Canada
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A 69-year-old female presented to the emergency department after becoming unresponsive at home following a progressive decrease in her level of consciousness (LOC) (See Figure 1). An urgent computerized tomography (CT) scan of the head demonstrated large bilateral chronic subdural hematomas (SDH’s). Due to the resulting mass effect she was brought urgently to the operating room where the SDH’s were evacuated via anterior and posterior burr holes placed bilaterally. No complications were encountered during the procedure. Prior to skin closure bilateral subdural catheters were placed in the posterior burr hole sites and left under closed suction.

Type
Neuroimaging Highlight
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , November 2005 , pp. 538 - 539
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2005

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