Traumatic pneumorrhachis with tension pneumocephalus

Air contained within the spinal canal is termed as pneumorrhachis. There are only few previously reported cases in the literature about pneumorrhachis. We herein report a case of pneumorrhachis associated with tension pneumocephalus in a patient with severe head injury.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pankaj Dawar, Gopal Sedain, Sumit Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2013-05-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2277-9167.118134