Traumatic pneumorrhachis
Diagnosis certain
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Motor Vehicle Accidentvehicle accident
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The proposed mechanism of post traumatic pneumorrhachis in this case could be-traumatic pneumorrhachis, is probably related to the forced flexionan extension injury of thea degenerative rigid spine that resulted in the described vertebral fractures and released intradiscal/intravertebral gas into the spinal canal.
-<p>The proposed mechanism of post traumatic pneumorrhachis in this case could be related to the forced flexion of the spine that resulted in the described vertebral fractures and released intradiscal/intravertebral gas into the spinal canal.</p>- +<p>The proposed mechanism of post-traumatic <a title="Pneumorrhachis" href="/articles/pneumorrhachis">pneumorrhachis</a>, is probably related to an extension injury of a degenerative <a href="/articles/rigid-spine">rigid spine</a> that resulted in the described vertebral fractures and released intradiscal/intravertebral gas into the spinal canal.</p>
References changed:
- 1. Kim CH. Pneumorrhachis and paraspinal air with vacuum disc : case report and literature review. (2007) Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society. 42 (6): 490-1. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2007.42.6.490">doi:10.3340/jkns.2007.42.6.490</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19096597">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
- 2. Oertel MF, Korinth MC, Reinges MH, Krings T, Terbeck S, Gilsbach JM. Pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of pneumorrhachis. (2006) European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 15 Suppl 5: 636-43. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-006-0160-6">doi:10.1007/s00586-006-0160-6</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16835735">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
- Kim, Choong-Hyo. "Pneumorrhachis and paraspinal air with vacuum disc: case report and literature review." Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 42.6 (2007): 490.
- Oertel, Markus F., et al. "Pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of pneumorrhachis." European Spine Journal 15.5 (2006): 636-643.
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Non-enhanced chest CT scan showing pneumorrhachis at the thoracic level with associated unstable fracture of T9 vertebral body (arrows).
No pneumothorax or pneumatocele.
Case courtesy of Dr. Charbel Mourad.
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Annotated images indicate a discoligamentous injury T8/9 with fractures of the T9 endplate and the left facet and costovertebral joints.
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