Spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus. Literature review from a clinical case

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Natalia Jara O.
Fabián Rubio M.
Carlos Stott C.

Keywords

Pneumocephalus, otologic, idiopathic

Abstract

Pneumocephalus otic spontaneous origin is a potentially fatal disease, infrequent and rarely reported in the literature. It is interesting to know its clinical presentation and management. To diagnose it is important to clinical suspicion and imaging study with CT usually shows dehiscence of the temporal bone. Treatment should be a multidisciplinary approach. The decision of conservative and surgical treatment will be determined by the severity of the patient and defect characteristics.

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