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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Pneumocephalus with meningitis secondary to an old traumatic anterior cranial fossa defect.

Freston Marc Sirur, Akash Daswaney, Roshini Raghu, Mohammad Khalid

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Freston Marc SirurEmergency Medicine, Kasturba Hospital Manipal, Manipal, Karnataka, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8095-2516
Akash DaswaneyEmergency Medicine, Kasturba Hospital Manipal, Manipal, Karnataka, India akashdaswaney@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4874-0142
Roshini RaghuKasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Mohammad KhalidEmergency Medicine, Kasturba Hospital Manipal, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Kasturba Medical College Hospital · INKasturba Medical College, Manipal · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of a 30-year-old man who presented with altered mental status, fever, headache and vomiting for 3 days. An initial CT scan of the brain revealed the presence of pneumocephalus with a bony defect in the anterior cranial fossa. The pneumocephalus was not explained initially and the patient was re-examined for any signs of trauma to the face, and a review of the history revealed a series of three traumatic events months prior to this illness. Further laboratory studies revealed

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Meningitis, BacterialPneumocephalusAdultCranial Fossa, AnteriorHumansMaleSkull BaseTomography, X-Ray Computedemergency medicineinfection (neurology)meningitisotolaryngology / ENTtrauma

Identifiers

PMID34116999
PMCPMC8201975
OpenAlexW3169791928

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