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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 59
| Issue : 1 | Page : 120--121 |
A rare association of spontaneous pneumorrhachis with spondylolisthesis and lumbosacral vacuum phenomenon: A case report with review of literature
Sunitha P Kumaran, Kanchan Gupta, Shambanduram Somorendra Singh
Department of Radiology, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
Correspondence Address:
Sunitha P Kumaran
Department of Radiology, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, EPIP Area, Whitefield, Bangalore - 560 066, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.76893
Spontaneous pneumorrhachis, non-traumatic, non-iatrogenic air within the spinal canal, is a very rare occurrence. We report a case of spontaneous pneumorrhachis, multiple air pockets in the epidural space, with vacuum discs and spndylolisthesis. Probably this is the first report of such case.
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