What you don’t want to see after a superior sulcus tumor resection?: a tension pneumocephalus

Serkan Yazgan; Soner Gürsoy; Ahmet Üçvet; Arkın Acar; Özgür Samancılar; Füsun Özer

doi:10.26663/cts.2020.0007

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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

Current Thoracic Surgery 2020;5(1):040-042. (27 January 2020)

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

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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