Fatal Posterior Fossa Pneumocephalus Due to Hydrogen Peroxide Irrigation of Lumbar Wound

Overview

Journal Br J Neurosurg

Specialty Neurosurgery

Date 2001 Mar 29

PMID 11272033

Citations 3

Authors

R Chhabra

A Pathak

P Ray

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Abstract

Fatal brain stem failure developed suddenly in a 40-year-old male undergoing irrigation of an infected wound consequent to lumbar disc space infection. CT of head revealed posterior fossa pneumacephalus compressing the brain stem, which most likely developed from ingress of nascent oxygen under pressure through a defect in the thecal sac.

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