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Pneumocephalus

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Definition: Presence of air or gas within the intracranial cavity (e.g., epidural space, subdural space, intracerebral, etc.) which may result from traumatic injuries, fistulous tract formation, erosions of the skull from NEOPLASMS or infection, NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES, and other conditions.      Other names Pneumocephalus, Tension; Intracranial Gas; Cranial Pneumocyst; Traumatic Pneumocephalus; Tension Pneumocephalus; Pneumocysts, Cranial; Pneumocyst, Cranial; Pneumocephalus, Pressure; Gas, Intracranial; Epidural Pneumocephalus; Cranial Pneumocysts; Cranial Airoceles; Airoceles, Cranial; Airocele, Cranial; Pressure Pneumocephalus; Pneumocephalus, Traumatic; Pneumocephalus, Epidural; Cranial Airocele

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