An unusual post-traumatic occipitocervical pseudomeningocele: case report.

BACKGROUND

A rare case of massive post-traumatic subcutaneous pseudomeningocele 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 containing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Communication of the subcutaneous CSF collection with the cisterna magna or any other site of dural fistula could not be identified. After a lumbo-peritoneal CSF shunt, the swelling resolved completely.

CONCLUSION

The clinical features of a rare case of symptomatic post-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid pseudomeningocele are elaborated.