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Abstract
Presence of air or gas within the intracranial cavity (e.g., epidural space, subdural space, intracerebral, etc.) which may result from traumatic injuries, fistulous tract formation, erosions of the skull from NEOPLASMS or infection, NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES, and other conditions.
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- Cranial Airocele
- Cranial Pneumocyst
- Intracranial Gas
- Airocele, Cranial
- Airoceles, Cranial
- Cranial Airoceles
- Cranial Pneumocysts
- Gas, Intracranial
- Pneumocyst, Cranial
- Pneumocysts, Cranial
- Pneumocephalus, Epidural
- Pneumocephalus, Tension
- Pneumocephalus, Traumatic
- Pressure Pneumocephalus
- Epidural Pneumocephalus
- Pneumocephalus, Pressure
- Tension Pneumocephalus
- Traumatic Pneumocephalus
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pneumocephalus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011007. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011007
- Pneumocephalus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumocephalus
- Pneumocephalus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2100002