초록 열기/닫기 버튼

저자들은 중심정맥 도관 제거 후 일측성으로 발생한 공기머리증 환자 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.


The presence of pneumocephalus associated with insertion, maintenance, and removal of intravenous catheters is a rare radiographic finding, but may be clinically relevant. Various pathways have been proposed to explain the development of pneumocephalus, but none are well understood. We present a patient with hemicranial pneumocephalus secondary to removal of a central venous catheter as determined by computed tomography, and we propose a possible mechanism of the pneumocephalus. (Korean J Med 2011;80:S249-S252)