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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2016; 11(02): 172-173
DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.175641
CASE REPORT

Pneumorrhachis

Authors

  • Umit Eroglu

    Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University Medicine School, Ibni Sina Hospital, Ankara

  • Fatih Yakar

    Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University Medicine School, Ibni Sina Hospital, Ankara

  • Murat Zaimoglu

    Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University Medicine School, Ibni Sina Hospital, Ankara

  • Ozgür Ozates

    Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University Medicine School, Ibni Sina Hospital, Ankara

  • Onur Ozgural

    Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University Medicine School, Ibni Sina Hospital, Ankara

  • Hasan Ugur

    Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University Medicine School, Ibni Sina Hospital, Ankara
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The presence of air in spinal canal is called as “pneumorrhachis.” Nontraumatic, noniatrogenic spontaneous spinal air is an uncommon case. Peripheral alveoli burst due to the increased pressure in alveoli in the case of trauma, asthma, pneumothorax, or pneumomediastinum. Air pass to the mediastinum and then to retropharyngeal space and reaches to epidural space. In this paper, a 44-year-old female patient who has a spontaneous pneumorrhachis in the epidural space in the spinal canal L5-S1 lumbar level has been presented.

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Air - pneumorrhachis - spinal canal


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Article published online:
20 September 2022

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