CT recognition of spinal epidural air after chest tube placement.
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.
Schneider
L J
LJ
Department of Radiology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn 11203, USA.
Haller
J O
JO
Cao
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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