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.

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Main Authors: Pankaj Dawar, Gopal Sedain, Sumit Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 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
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spelling doaj-art-88653059a3a84a5b89e24c99e9f2fbdf2025-08-20T02:09:11ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Neurosurgery2277-954X2277-91672013-05-01020220720910.4103/2277-9167.118134Traumatic pneumorrhachis with tension pneumocephalusPankaj DawarGopal SedainSumit SinhaAir 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.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2277-9167.118134air in spinal canalpneumorrhachistension pneumocephalustrauma
spellingShingle Pankaj Dawar
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trauma
title Traumatic pneumorrhachis with tension pneumocephalus
title_full Traumatic pneumorrhachis with tension pneumocephalus
title_fullStr Traumatic pneumorrhachis with tension pneumocephalus
title_full_unstemmed Traumatic pneumorrhachis with tension pneumocephalus
title_short Traumatic pneumorrhachis with tension pneumocephalus
title_sort traumatic pneumorrhachis with tension pneumocephalus
topic air in spinal canal
pneumorrhachis
tension pneumocephalus
trauma
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2277-9167.118134
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