title: [Atraumatic pneumorrhachis in a young man with chest pain].
abstract: A 22-year-old man experienced sudden chest pains after riding a mountain bike. The clinical examination showed subcutaneous emphysema on collum and a CAT-scan showed intraspinal air known as pneumorrhachis (PR). The treatment had to be based on the individual findings depending on the cause of PR and often needed a multidisciplinary effort. In this case the patient's condition improved and he was discharged after three days of observation without further treatment.
authors.affiliation: Urologisk Afdeling, Frederiksberg Hospital, Nordre Fasanvej 52, 2000 Frederiksberg. E-mail: marias@dadlnet.dk.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063205:Pneumorrhachis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult