Life-threatening pneumocephalus from middle ear defect causing cerebrospinal fluid leakage into the eustachian tube: illustrative case
To repair the leak, the authors attempted a more conservative approach involving closure of the external acoustic meatus and obliteration of the eustachian tube. A few studies using a similar procedure reported a lower risk of complications and reduction in postoperative CSF leaks. https://thejns.org/doi/10.3171/CASE24834.
Authors
- Michael S. Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0389-6343)
- Andreas Peterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6881-5139)
- Stephanie Kim Cheok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1797-1124)
- Brandon Laing
- Nathan Thomas Zwagerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9795-9303)
- Hailey Mattheisen
Institutions
- Froedtert Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons
- Published
- 2025-08-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/case24834
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00