PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cortes, Maria D. P.
AU  - Longridge, Neil S.
AU  - Lepawsky, Michael
AU  - Nugent, Robert A.
TI  - Barotrauma Presenting as Temporal Lobe Injury Secondary to Temporal Bone Rupture
DP  - 2005 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1218--1219
VI  - 26
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/5/1218.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/5/1218.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2005 May 01; 26
AB  - Summary: We present the case of a scuba diver who experienced acute ear pain during ascent from a dive. CT imaging was performed because of severe unrelenting headache. Blood and gas was identified within the epidural space of the middle fossa and over the petrous bone, as well as hemorrhage within the adjacent temporal lobe. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of CT-documented barotrauma affecting the brain as a result of middle-ear gas rupturing through the tegmen tympani.