Transverse sinus air after cranial trauma

Eur J Radiol. 2003 Nov;48(2):171-4. doi: 10.1016/S0720-048X(03)00011-1.

Abstract

Air in vascular compartments has been rarely reported. We report a case in whom air within transverse sinus and sinus confluence through ruptured superior sagittal sinus (SSS) due to fractures of parietal and frontal bones was disclosed by computed tomography (CT). Although air in transverse sinus has been reported rarely this could be the first case with air in transverse sinus through the SSS after cranial trauma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cranial Sinuses / diagnostic imaging
  • Cranial Sinuses / injuries*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumocephalus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumocephalus / etiology*
  • Rupture
  • Skull / injuries*
  • Skull / surgery
  • Skull Fracture, Depressed / complications*
  • Skull Fracture, Depressed / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull Fracture, Depressed / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed