Intracranial gas accumulation after trauma

Intracranial gas accumulation after trauma, also known as traumatic pneumocranium, is almost due to the skull base fracture involving the paranasal sinus or mastoid air cells, so it is often associated with cerebrospinal fluid leakage.

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