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Pneumorachis and pneumocephalus caused by pneumothorax and multiple thoracic vertebral fractures
D S Katz1, S A Groskin, J J Wasenko
1Department of Radiology, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse 13210.
Clinical Imaging
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Pneumorachis, or air within the spinal canal, has rarely been described, particularly in conjunction with thoracic trauma. We report a case of pneumorachis and pneumocephalus in a patient with a tension pneumothorax and multiple closed thoracic spinal fractures.