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| Year : 2006 | Volume
: 11
| Issue : 4 | Page : 248-249 |
Intraspinal air after blunt thoracic trauma
A Krasoudakis, S Marathianos, N Tsiminikakis, E Chavredakis, G Arhontakis
Neurosurgery Clinic, General Hospital of Chania Creta, Greece
Correspondence Address:
A Krasoudakis
15 K. Voulgaridi Street, Chania - 73133
Greece
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.29612
Presence of intraspinal air (pneomorachis) is usually iatrogenic after epidural injections or spinal manipulations. It may also be associated with degenerative disc disease, epidural abscess and synovial cysts. Presented herein is a case of a child with pneomorachis following blunt thoracic trauma.
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