Surgical Correction of an Extensive Skull Base Defect as a Result of Pneumocele. Issue 1 (January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ramprasad, Vaibhav H.; Woodard, Charles R.; Jang, David W.
• Is Part Of: Journal of craniofacial surgery. Volume 27:Issue 1(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-01
• Subjects: Skull base -- management of skull base defect -- pneumocephalus -- pericranial flap and frontal sinus obliteration -- pneumocele; Facial bones -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Skull -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Face -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Surgery, Plastic -- Periodicals; 617.52
• DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000002315
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1049-2275

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Pneumocele is a condition involving the pathologic expansion of paranasal sinuses with corresponding bony erosion of the skull base. Extensive pneumocele can lead to pneumocephalus, especially in patients with long-term cerebrospinal fluid shunts. Here, the authors present a case of pneumocele in an adult with a history of congenital hydrocephalus managed with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The patient underwent reconstruction of a posterior table defect with a pericranial flap followed by frontal sinus obliteration with abdominal fat.