Traumatic pneumorrhachis in a child: case report.
Traumatic pneumorrhachis (air within the spinal canal) is a very rare entity and rarer in the pediatric population. We report a 7-year-old polytrauma patient with subarachnoid pneumorrhachis and discuss the causes, mechanism, and implications of this condition.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Hospital, Turkey.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002648:Child; D004646:Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D013115:Spinal Canal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed