Petroclival tension pneumocephalus: an unrivalled life threatening complication linked to molecular-targeted therapy.

Petroclival tension pneumocephalus: an unrivalled life threatening complication linked to molecular-targeted therapy.

Br J Neurosurg. 2018 Apr 02;:1-3

Authors: Nagm A, Ogiwara T, Nishikawa A, Ichinose S, Hongo K

Abstract
A 73-year-old man with a petroclival tumor (metastatic renal cell carcinoma) presented with a progressive consciousness disturbance attributed to tension pneumocephalus during molecular-targeted therapy following low-dose fractionated radiotherapy for a petroclival tumor. The skull base defect was successfully reconstructed vi an endoscopic endonasal approach.

PMID: 29607683 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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