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Case Reports
. 1986 Feb;49(2):203-5.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.49.2.203.

The mechanism of pneumocephalus formation in patients with CSF fistulas

F O Walker, B A Vern
Case Reports

The mechanism of pneumocephalus formation in patients with CSF fistulas

F O Walker et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1986 Feb.

Abstract

A novel but simple explanation of how pneumocephalus develops across CSF fistulas is presented and applied to an unusual case of pneumocephalus. Preexisting models of pneumocephalus formation are discussed and a substitute model is suggested.

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