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Medicine (Baltimore)
December 2024
Department of Spine Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University.
Rationale: Pneumorachis is an uncommon lesion of the spinal canal, which is often asymptomatic. The pathogenesis and treatment strategies are uncertain because only a few cases have been reported. Some patients were treated with percutaneous aspiration or percutaneous endoscopic treatment, but poor pain release and symptom recurrence were observed.
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November 2024
Department of Radiology, Unidade Local de Saúde de São João, Porto, PRT.
Diagnostics (Basel)
September 2024
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.
Bronchial-subarachnoid fistulas are rare occurrences, which are not well defined in the literature. This uncommon clinical phenomenon may result in symptomatic pneumorrhachis and presents unique clinical challenges. This report details a case of a 53-year-old female whose treatment for recurrent chondrosarcoma of the thoracic spine included multiple surgeries and radiotherapy.
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July 2024
Radiology Center, 103 Military Hospital, Vietnam Military Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Pneumorrhachis (PR) is an uncommon condition characterized by the accumulation of air within the spinal canal. This finding may occur due to various causes, mostly after trauma and medical procedures. It can manifest with various features depending on the underlying cause, the location, and the extent of the air trapped.
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December 2023
Department of Neurosurgery, Saint Louis University, 1008 S. Spring Ave, 3rd Floor, Saint Louis, MO, United States.
Background: Traumatic pneumocephalus (TPC) following craniofacial injuries is common, but isolated TPC secondary to pneumorrhachis (PR) is the rare result of upward gas migration from the spinal canal. In the absence of craniofacial and grossly unstable spinal fractures, the etiology of TPC in polytrauma can be elusive and an underlying diagnosis of acute spinal cord injury (SCI) can be easily missed. We report the first polytrauma case where TPC was the most reliable early sign of SCI.
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