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Pneumorrhachis Secondary to a Sacral Decubitus Ulcer

An elderly woman with a chronic decubitus sacral ulcer presented to the emergency department with sepsis. A computed tomography of her abdomen showed diffuse gas extending throughout the thoracolumbar spinal canal. Pneumorrhachis is a rare radiographic finding defined as gas within the spinal canal....

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Autores principales: Moayedi, Siamak, Babin, Lisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27429699
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2016.4.30296

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