title: 'Abnormal' cervical imaging?: Cervical pneumatocysts - A case report of a cervical spine pneumatocyst.
abstract: To our knowledge there are only 15 reported cases of pneumatocysts in the cervical spine, but awareness of their existence should help the clinician when diagnosing abnormalities in radiological images. When faced with intravertebral gas, in addition to considering more sinister causes, one should consider the differentials including pneumatocysts. Despite our relative lack of understanding of these benign lesions the knowledge that they can change over time should prevent unnecessary testing or treating. We present a patient who fell down stairs and was found to have cervical intravertebral gas, on computed tomography imaging, with the typical appearance of a pneumatocyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 4AB, UK.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Renshaw
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 4AB, UK.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 4AB, UK.
authors.forename: Daniel Sherif Zakaria Matta
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Boctor
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 4AB, UK.
authors.forename: Mohamed Atef
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hakmi
keywords: Cervical; Computed tomography; Pneumatocyst