case_images: PMC6398079_01
case_images: CT-brain scan demonstrates no intracranial free air and VP shunt in place in patient's 2 months prior presentation.
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case_images: At the time, a CT-brain scan showed bilateral VP shunts in place and no acute intracranial pathology (Figure 1).
case_images: CT-brain scan shows large amount of intracranial free air and bony defect at the right cribriform plate after starting the patient on nasal cannula.
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case_images: PMC6398079_01_CRIEM2019-2757561.002.jpg
case_images: fig2
case_images: The CT scan of the base of the skull also revealed a small bony defect at the right cribriform plate with gas traversing from the nasal cavity to the cranium (Figure 2).