Current Thoracic Surgery 2020 , Vol 5 , Issue 1
What you don’t want to see after a superior sulcus tumor resection?: a tension pneumocephalus
Serkan Yazgan1,Soner Gürsoy1,Ahmet Üçvet1,Arkın Acar1,Özgür Samancılar1,Füsun Özer2
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Dr Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Surgery Medical Practice and Research Center, İzmir, Turkey
2Department of Neurosurgery, University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Medical Practice and Research Center, Izmir, Turkey
DOI : 10.26663/cts.2020.0007 Viewed : 3528 - Downloaded : 1044 A case of tension pneumocephalus following a superior sulcus tumor resection is presented. The symptoms, diagnostic methods, and treatment options are discussed and reviewed. Keywords : pneumocephalus, complication, superior sulcus tumor