Mount Fuji sign following nasal polypectomy: Conservative management of pneumocephalus

Authors

Matthew Szymaszek, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Gentian ToshkeziFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2020

Comments

This article has been peer-reviewed. It is the author's final published version in Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, Volume 19, March 2020. Article number 100572.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inat.2019.100572. Copyright © Szymaszek et.al.

Abstract

Pneumocephalus is seen in conjunction with a variety of conditions, particularly traumatic injury, neurosurgical, and ears, nose, and throat (ENT) procedures. We describe the successful, non-operative management with supplemental oxygen of symptomatic pneumocephalus following polypectomy without further complication. This case adds to other case reports of pneumocephalus but differs in the non-invasive, conservative management with supplemental oxygen obviating the need for more invasive neurosurgical intervention such as decompressive craniectomy, burr holes, or drain placement.

Recommended Citation

Szymaszek, Matthew and Toshkezi, Gentian, "Mount Fuji sign following nasal polypectomy: Conservative management of pneumocephalus" (2020). Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 97.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/emfp/97

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Language

English