Pouwels S, Vis L, Ramnarain D, Rutten A. Pneumocephalus and Catatonia in a Patient With Persistent
Drain Dysfunctions and Infections After a Hydrocephalus due to an Aquaduct Stenosis: A Case Report.
Cureus 2020;
12:e9440. [PMID:
32864264 PMCID:
PMC7451076 DOI:
10.7759/cureus.9440]
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Abstract
The combination of catatonia and pneumocephalus is very rare and literature is very scarce on this topic. Here, we report a patient with pneumocephalus and catatonia after persistent drain dysfunctions and infections after a hydrocephalus due to an aquaduct stenosis. The combination of a catatonic syndrome and pneumocephalus in neurosurgical and intensive care practice is a rare phenomenon. One should consider it in patients after complicated neurosurgery with pneumocephalus.
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