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Case Reports
. 2009 Sep;27(7):902.e3-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.11.004.

Entire pneumorrhachis due to isolated head trauma

Selcuk Coskun  1 , Mahir Sahin, Murat Cobanoglu, Isa Kilicaslan
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Case Reports

Entire pneumorrhachis due to isolated head trauma

Selcuk Coskun et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2009 Sep.

Abstract

Air contained within the spinal canal is termed pneumorrhachis, and very rarely, traumatic pneumocephalus can cause pneumorrhachis. Pneumorrhachis can be classified as epidural or subarachnoid space pneumorrhachis.

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