An unusual post-traumatic occipitocervical pseudomeningocele - Case report

BACKGROUND A rare case of massive post-traumatic subcutaneous pseudomeningo cele probably communicating with the cisterna magna, is reported. CASE DESCRIPTION An 8-year-old boy sustained a severe injury to the nape of the neck, after which he developed a huge local subcutaneous swelling cont aining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Communication of the subcutaneous CSF col lection with the cisterna magna or any other site of dural fistula could no t be identified. After a lumbo-peritoneal CSF shunt, the swelling resolved completely. CONCLUSION The clinical features of a rare case of symptomatic posttraumati c cerebrospinal fluid pseudomeningocele are elaborated. (C) 2001 by Elsevie r Science Inc.