title: CT recognition of spinal epidural air after chest tube placement.
abstract: Intraspinal air has been described in patients undergoing diagnostic lumbar puncture and epidural analgesia, as a manifestation of degenerative disk disease, and after less common mechanisms, such as blunt trauma [1], strenuous exercise [2], and pelvic trauma [3]. We report a case of spinal epidural emphysema incidentally noted on CT after placement of a thoracostomy tube.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn 11203, USA.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Haller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D015505:Chest Tubes; D004646:Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed