Penetrating injury to the maxilla and skull base resulting in the mount fuji sign of tension pneumocephalus and ipsilateral vision loss
oleh: Reddy Ravikanth, Ashwin Chandrasekhar, Anegh Pavithran, Sivakumar Kandasamy, John Joshy
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| Diterbitkan: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Pneumocephalus is defined as the presence of intracranial air seen most commonly secondary to a traumatic head injury. Tension pneumocephalus is often termed in radiology as the Mount Fuji sign due to a perceived similarity with the iconic mountain peak in Japan. We present the case of a 62-year-old gentleman who presented to the emergency department following a penetrating injury to the right maxilla and skull base which resulted in acute-onset ipsilateral vision loss due to direct traumatic injury to the optic nerve by the fractured bone fragments encountered in the optic canal.