Head and Neck Imaging - Case Report

Frontal sinus osteoma associated with pneumocephalus

  • Baran Önal
  • Memduh Kaymaz
  • Mehmet Araç
  • Fikret Doğulu

Received Date: 17.01.2005 Accepted Date: 25.04.2005 Diagn Interv Radiol 2006;12(4):174-176

The most common causes of intracranial air are head trauma and neurosurgical procedures. Less common etiologies include infection due to gas-forming organisms, mucoceles, tumours, congenital neuroenteric cysts, and dural defects. Here, we present a case of a frontal sinus osteoma associated with longstanding pneumocephalus.

Keywords: osteoma, paranasal sinuses, pneumocephalus, imaging