Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2017)

Progressive subcutaneous emphysema. A rare finding: Pneumorrhachis

  • Serdar Özkan,
  • Özgür Ömer Yıldız,
  • İlker Ünlü,
  • Nurettin Karaoğlanoğlu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.04.019
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. C
pp. 57 – 59

Abstract

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Pneumorrhachis is a rare phenomenon which may be caused by trauma, intracraneal infection, pneumomediastinum or iatrogenic factors. Presence of air in the spinal canal is reported in most cases. In this article, we report a case with PR in the spinal canal without any neurological deficit, which developed secondary to subcutaneous emphysema.

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