E-ISSN: 1019-5157 ISSN: 2651-5024
PNEUMOEEPHALUS: A LATE COMPLICATION OF VP SHUNT DYSFUNETION
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In this article we reported pneumocephalus, which developed ten years after a ventriculoperitoneal shunt operation. The operation was performed to treat hydrocephalus secondary to stenosis of aqueduct . In this case, the cause of pneumocephalus was frontal sinus fistula that occurred as a result of increased intracranial pressure due to the dysfunction of the ventricular shunt end. This uncommon complication is reviewed with the pertinent literature and the management is discussed.

Keywords : Stenosis of aqueduct pneumocephalus frontal sinus ventriculoperitoneal shunt
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