A 70-year old man with a 15-year-history of chronic daily Valsalva maneuvers for left ear
congestion presented with worsening vertigo and calvarial (occipitoparietal) and upper …

Discussion. Spontaneous pneumocephalus is an uncommon cause of intracranial collection
of air. 1-7⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓ Two mechanisms through which it may occur have been proposed. The …

Pneumocranium and spontaneous pneumocephalus are very rare disorders. We report a
case in which the patient had suffered for some time from neck pain and neurological …

We report a case of pneumatization of the upper cervical spine and the craniocervical
junction, including the occipital bone, accompanied by extensive soft tissue emphysema …

A pneumocephalus is an intracranial collection of air. It is relatively commonly seen after
head and facial trauma, otologic or neurosurgical procedures, otitis media, or when tumor …

Background context Acquired hyperpneumatization of the skull base and upper cervical
vertebrae is extremely rare and is thought to occur in patients who habitually perform the …

Cough headache is not infrequent, but there have not been any series studied with current
neuroimaging techniques, and effective therapy has seldom been reported. In a large series …

Craniocervical bony pneumatization is a rare finding, with limited numbers of cases reported
in the literature. It is thought to be linked to Eustachian tube dysfunction and a ball valve …

Pneumatization in the skull is normally confined to the mastoid process [4] and
pneumatization in other than the temporal bone is exceptionally rare [1-3]. We report a …

Objective To report the clinical and radiologic features of 3 patients in whom prolonged
vigorous coughing/Valsalva triggered the development of pseudotumor cerebri syndrome …