Revue de laryngologie - otologie - rhinologie
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Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) · Jan 1990
Case Reports[Pneumatocele caused by ballistic injury of the anterior stage of the skull base, a case report].
The authors present a case of intracerebral expansive pneumatocele following a ethmoido-sphenoidal fracture by a bullet. The case presented is exceptional, as the bullet went through the brain case without injuring the neurological structure. ⋯ This surgical treatment makes closure of the fistula and disappearance of the pneumatocele possible, however, not enough time has gone by for making other judgments. This approach, which has a much lower morbidity rate than the approach of the anterior stage through craniectomy, is effective for fractures of the sphenoid and the posterior ethmoid.