Tension pneumocephalus following endoscopic resection of a mediastinal thoracic spinal tumor: A case report

Table 1 Reported cases which pneumocephalus developed after surgical treatments for spinal or posterior mediastinal tumor

Ref.	Article type	Cases with pneumocephalus	Histology	Spinal region	Relation to dura
Trujillo-Reyes et al, 2014	Case report	1/1	Schwannoma	Thoracic	ND
Huang et al, 2005	Case report	1/1	Neurilemmoma	Thoracic	ND
Nam et al, 2019	Case series	18/20	Schwannoma (n = 16)/ Miningioma (n = 4)	Cervical (15%)Thoracic (60%)Lumbar (25%)	IDEM
Kim et al, 2008	Case report	1/1	Myxopapillary ependymoma	Lumbar	IDEM
Özdemir et al, 2017	Case report	1/1	ND	Lumbar	IDEM
Bilsky et al, 2000	Case report	1/3	Neurofibroma	Thoracic	ND

ND: No data; IDEM: Intradural-extramedullary.