"Pneumocephalus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Presence of air or gas within the intracranial cavity (e.g., epidural space, subdural space, intracerebral, etc.) which may result from traumatic injuries, fistulous tract formation, erosions of the skull from NEOPLASMS or infection, NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES, and other conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D011007
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.199.700 C10.228.806 C10.900.300.087.700 C26.915.300.200.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Pneumocephalus- Pneumocephalus
- Cranial Pneumocyst
- Cranial Pneumocysts
- Pneumocyst, Cranial
- Pneumocysts, Cranial
- Intracranial Gas
- Gas, Intracranial
- Cranial Airocele
- Airocele, Cranial
- Airoceles, Cranial
- Cranial Airoceles
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumocephalus" by people in Profiles.
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Ogbeide-Latario OE, Kempfle J, Hamzei-Sichani F, Remenschneider AK. Aphasia as Presenting Symptom of Left Temporal Pneumocephalus After a Restrained Sneeze. Otol Neurotol. 2024 Jan 01; 45(1):e66-e67.
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Ulano AC, Vedantham S, Takhtani D. Revisiting the indirect signs of a temporal bone fracture: air, air, everywhere. Emerg Radiol. 2017 Oct; 24(5):497-503.
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Remenschneider A, Santos F. Pneumocephalus, hearing loss, and vertigo after airline flight in a patient with superior canal dehiscence. In reply. Otol Neurotol. 2015 Mar; 36(3):561-2.
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Remenschneider A, Santos F. Pneumocephalus, hearing loss, and vertigo after airline flight in a patient with superior canal dehiscence. Otol Neurotol. 2014 Jan; 35(1):e60-1.
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Whitmore RG, Bonhomme G, Balcer LJ, Palmer JN. Tension pneumocephalus after endoscopic sinus surgery: case report of repair and management in absence of obvious skull base defect. Ear Nose Throat J. 2008 Feb; 87(2):96-9.
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Ptak T. CT pitfalls in emergency radiology: a chronically ruptured intra-cranial dermoid tumor mimicking pneumocephalus in an acute multi-trauma evaluation. Emerg Radiol. 2007 Nov; 14(6):453-6.