Thoracic Pneumorrhachis in Patient with Lumbar Fractures; a Case Report

Pneumorrhachis as a relatively rare condition may be an indication of substantial intra-spinal column injury. Here we report a 39-year-old man was admitted because of low back pain and dyspenea after locating between motor vehicle and wall three days before admission. On arrival, physical exams and...

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Autores principales: Ghafarzad, Amir, Tagizadieh, Ali, Moharamzadeh, Payman, Shahsavari Nia, Kavous, Majidi, Golnar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26495356
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author Ghafarzad, Amir
Tagizadieh, Ali
Moharamzadeh, Payman
Shahsavari Nia, Kavous
Majidi, Golnar
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description Pneumorrhachis as a relatively rare condition may be an indication of substantial intra-spinal column injury. Here we report a 39-year-old man was admitted because of low back pain and dyspenea after locating between motor vehicle and wall three days before admission. On arrival, physical exams and vital signs were normal. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed bilateral pleural effusion, fracture of ribs number 8, 9 and 10 in lower left side of thorax, fracture of vertebra in L2-L4, and air bubbles in upper thoracic spinal canal.
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spelling pubmed-46145882015-10-22 Thoracic Pneumorrhachis in Patient with Lumbar Fractures; a Case Report Ghafarzad, Amir Tagizadieh, Ali Moharamzadeh, Payman Shahsavari Nia, Kavous Majidi, Golnar Emerg (Tehran) Case Report Pneumorrhachis as a relatively rare condition may be an indication of substantial intra-spinal column injury. Here we report a 39-year-old man was admitted because of low back pain and dyspenea after locating between motor vehicle and wall three days before admission. On arrival, physical exams and vital signs were normal. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed bilateral pleural effusion, fracture of ribs number 8, 9 and 10 in lower left side of thorax, fracture of vertebra in L2-L4, and air bubbles in upper thoracic spinal canal. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4614588/ /pubmed/26495356 Text en © 2014 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Thoracic Pneumorrhachis in Patient with Lumbar Fractures; a Case Report
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title_short Thoracic Pneumorrhachis in Patient with Lumbar Fractures; a Case Report
title_sort thoracic pneumorrhachis in patient with lumbar fractures; a case report
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