Progressive subcutaneous emphysema. A rare finding: Pneumorrhachis

Serdar Özkan; Özgür Ömer Yıldız; İlker Ünlü; Nurettin Karaoğlanoğlu

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.04.019

Progressive subcutaneous emphysema. A rare finding: Pneumorrhachis

Respir Med Case Rep. 2017 May 27:22:57-59. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.04.019. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Serdar Özkan¹, Özgür Ömer Yıldız², İlker Ünlü³, Nurettin Karaoğlanoğlu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Karatay University Medicana Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Konya, Turkey.
² Yildirim Beyazit University, Yenimahalle Education and Research Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara, Turkey.
³ Siirt State Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Siirt, Turkey.
⁴ Yildirim Beyazit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara, Turkey.

Abstract

Pneumorrhachis is a rare phenomenon which may be caused by trauma, intracraneal infection, pneumomediastinum or iatrogenic factors. Presence of air in the spinal canal is reported in most cases. In this article, we report a case with PR in the spinal canal without any neurological deficit, which developed secondary to subcutaneous emphysema.

Keywords: Intraspinal air; Pneumothorax; Subcutaneous emphysema.

Publication types

Case Reports